The unique antigenic determinants of the 90 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae are found

A) on the cell-surface M proteins.
B) on the capsular polysaccharides.
C) in the bacterial cell wall.
D) in the inclusions in the periplasmic space.


Answer: B

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