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=== Destruction=== | === Destruction=== | ||
The bacteria lyses indirectly, by a membrane attack complex (MAC). The complement system activates the classical pathway, activating effector proteins which insert themselves in the outer membrane of the bacteria and disrupting it and causing death to the cell. | The bacteria lyses indirectly, by a membrane attack complex (MAC). The complement system activates the classical pathway, activating effector proteins which insert themselves in the outer membrane of the bacteria and disrupting it and causing death to the cell. | ||
[[Image:Mac attack.PNG|thumb|400px|]] | [[Image:Mac attack.PNG|thumb|400px|Mechanism of destruction by MAC on the bacteria, ''Borrelia burgdorferi'']] | ||
