Bacterial Cell Forms: Protoplast, Spheroplast, and L Form

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What is the characteristic feature of a gram-positive bacterial cell known as a protoplast?

It has a complete peptidoglycan cell wall.

It has a partially removed cell wall.

It has a thick outer membrane.

It is surrounded only by its cell membrane. (correct)

What is the primary difference between a spheroplast and a protoplast?

The type of bacterial cell they are derived from.

The degree of cell wall removal. (correct)

Their ability to reform a cell wall.

The presence or absence of the outer membrane.

Which of the following statements is true about L-form bacteria?

They have a complete peptidoglycan cell wall.

They are always spherical in shape.

They are only derived from gram-negative bacteria.

They can be either gram-positive or negative. (correct)

What is the common characteristic of protoplasts, spheroplasts, and L-form bacteria?

They have altered or absent cell walls. Signup and view all the answers

What can cause the formation of L-form bacteria?

The presence of certain drugs or a spontaneous mutation. Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between a gram-positive bacterial cell and a spheroplast?

The presence of peptidoglycan Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements is true about the cell membrane of a protoplast?

It is the only membranous structure present Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic that distinguishes an L-form bacterium from a spheroplast?

The complete loss of the cell wall Signup and view all the answers

Which type of bacterial cell can have either a gram-positive or gram-negative cell wall?

L-form Signup and view all the answers

What is the common result of either a spontaneous mutation or the presence of certain drugs in bacterial cells?

Formation of an L-form Signup and view all the answers

Bacterial Cell Forms: Protoplast, Spheroplast, and L Form

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What is the characteristic feature of a gram-positive bacterial cell known as a protoplast?

What is the primary difference between a spheroplast and a protoplast?

Which of the following statements is true about L-form bacteria?

What is the common characteristic of protoplasts, spheroplasts, and L-form bacteria?

What can cause the formation of L-form bacteria?

What is the primary difference between a gram-positive bacterial cell and a spheroplast?

Which of the following statements is true about the cell membrane of a protoplast?

What is the characteristic that distinguishes an L-form bacterium from a spheroplast?

Which type of bacterial cell can have either a gram-positive or gram-negative cell wall?

What is the common result of either a spontaneous mutation or the presence of certain drugs in bacterial cells?

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