bacterial spheroplast

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• Spheroplast — A spheroplast is a cell from which the cell wall has been almost completely removed, as by the action of penicillin. The name stems from the fact that after a microbe s cell wall is digested, membrane tension causes the cell to acquire a… …   Wikipedia

• spheroplast — A bacterial cell from which the rigid cell wall has been incompletely removed. The bacterium loses its characteristic shape and becomes round. [sphero + G. plastos, formed] * * * sphe·ro·plast sfir ə .plast, sfer n a bacterium or yeast cell that… …   Medical dictionary

• spheroplast — /sfear euh plast , sfer /, n. Bacteriol. a Gram negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape. [1915 20; SPHERO + PLAST] * * * …   Universalium

• spheroplast — sphe•ro•plast [[t]ˈsfɪər əˌplæst, ˈsfɛr [/t]] n. mcr a Gram negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape • Etymology: 1958 …   From formal English to slang

• Lyme disease microbiology — Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is caused by Gram negative spirochetal bacteria from the genus Borrelia , which has at least 37 known species, 12 of which are Lyme related, and an unknown number of genomic strains. Borrelia species known to cause… …   Wikipedia

• L-form bacteria — Transmission electron micrograph of L form Bacillus subtilis. The cells lack the electron dense cell wall of normal bacteria. Scale bar is 500 nanometers. L form bacteria, also known as L phase bacteria, L phase variants, and cell wall deficient… …   Wikipedia

• protoplast — 1. Archaic term meaning the first individual of a type or race. 2. A bacterial cell from which the rigid cell wall has been completely removed; the bacterium loses its characteristic form. [proto + G. plastos, formed] * * * pro·to·plast …   Medical dictionary

• Lysis — This article is about the biological definition of the word Lysis. For other meanings, see Lysis (disambiguation). Lysis (Greek λύσις, lýsis from lýein to separate ) refers to the breaking down of a cell, often by viral, enzymic, or osmotic… …   Wikipedia

• Protoplast — This article discusses protoplasts in the biological sense. For the theological use, see Adam and Eve Protoplast, from the ancient Greek πρῶτον (first) + verb πλάθω or πλάττω (to mould: deriv. plastic ), initially referred to the first organized… …   Wikipedia