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Descriptor English: L Forms
Descriptor Spanish: Formas L
Descriptor formas L
Scope note: Variantes bacterianas, incapaces de formar una pared celular completa, que se forman en los cultivos de diversos tipos de bacterias; los gránulos (cuerpos L) aparecen, se unen y crecen en cuerpos amorfos que se multiplican y dan lugar a células bacterianas morfológicamente indistinguibles de la cepa madre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Formas L
Descriptor French: Formes L
Tree number(s): B03.110.422
B05.110.422
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007740
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.
Annotation: coord IM with specific bacterium (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(65)
DeCS ID: 7917
Unique ID: D007740
NLM Classification: QW 51
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
L Forms - Preferred
Concept UI M0012096
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.
Preferred term L Forms



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