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Bacteria > Atypical Bacterial Forms > L Forms
Organism Forms > Atypical Bacterial Forms > L Forms

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L Forms  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • coord IM with specific bacterium (IM)

Scope note

  • Bacterial variants, unable to form a complete cell wall, which are formed in cultures by various bacteria; granules (L bodies) appear, unite, and grow into amorphous bodies which multiply and give rise to bacterial cells morphologically indistinguishable from the parent strain.

History note

  • 66(65)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007740

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