There are fourteen different capsule types for bacteria. Some  examples are: Bacillus megaterium, Streptococcus pyogenes,  Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus agalacâ¦tiae.
chloride shift. chloride shift in Medicine. chloride shift n. The movement of chloride ions from the plasma into red blood cells as a result of the transfer of carbon dioxide from tissues to the plasma, a process that serves to maintain blood pH. Discover our greatest slideshows.
For other uses, see Chloride (disambiguation) . The chloride ion /ËklÉraÉªd/ is the anion (negatively charged ion) Clâ . It is formed when the element chlorine (a halogen) gains an electron or when a compound such as hydrogen chloride is dissolved in water or other polar solvents.