Kappa particles are Feulgen-positive and stain with Giemsa after acid hydrolysis.
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While there was initial confusion over the status of kappa particles as viruses, bacteria, organelles, or mere nucleoprotein, the particles are intracellular bacterial symbionts " Caedibacter taenospiralis " . " Caedibacter taenospiralis " contains cytoplasmic protein inclusions called R bodies which act as a toxin delivery system.