1. The surface of many bacterial species is covered by polysaccharides. These can be in the form of capsules, glycoproteins or glycolipids. In Gram-negative bacteria, the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) also referred to as endotoxin, covers ca. 40% of the bacterial surface.
A consul is a diplomat appointed to live in a foreign country, to protect both her country's interests and citizens living abroad. If you're an American living in Poland, take your troubles to the American consul. In ancient Rome, there were two consuls elected every year to be in charge of the whole city. Like many words, this one developed new meanings and spellings.
Consul: better than a Prefect - the Consul had delusions of grandeur, which made it the car to aspire to in the early 60s. Consul evokes the Empire On Which The Sun Never Set as much as the Roman one. In the sixties, the British Consul in a foreign land was the gentleman's Grand Tour rep. Roman consuls came in twos.