Many bacteria are surrounded by a polysaccharide capsule, which both provides the antigens against which antibodies can act, the molecules that largely determine how virulent and pathogenic the organism and protects the main bacterial cell from the bodies defense systems.
helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism. 2. of, relating to, or of the nature of construction; structural. 3. deduced by inference or interpretation; inferential: constructive permission.
Grossly is defined as something done in a disgusting manner, or is something that is extreme or excessive.