The Bacterial L-forms

acholeplasmas activity agar antibiotics antibody antigen asteroides Bacillus subtilis bacteria bacterial cell bacterial form Bacteriol Beaman biochemical Biol Brucella cell envelope cell wall cell wall-defective variants chromosome coccal coccus components cytoplasmic membrane D-alanine Dienes electron enzyme Escherichia coli experimental faecalis fatty acid genetic genome Gooder gram-negative gram-positive Immun induced Infect inhibition isolated L-colonies L-form colonies L-form growth L-form induction L-form membrane L-forms of bacteria L-phase variants lipid lipoprotein lipoteichoic acid lysozyme Madoff mecillinam mice Microbiol morphology mycoplasmas NaCl Nocardia normal nucleotide organisms osmotic stabilizer osmotically fragile outer membrane Panos parent bacterial parent strain pathogenicity patients PBPs penicillin penicillin binding proteins peptide peptidoglycan physiological isotonic plasmid polymyxin prokaryotes protein Proteus mirabilis protoplast L-forms protoplasts resistance revert role rRNA rRNA gene Schmitt-Slomska serum specific spheroplast L-forms spheroplasts ß-lactam stable L-forms strepto streptococcal streptococcal L-forms Streptococcus pyogenes structure studies synthesis tissue culture vitro vivo wall-less µg/ml