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Difference between mycoplasma and l form bacteria

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Answered by myrakincsem
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Mycoplasma Bacteria:
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  These are the bacteria with  no cell wall and so have shaped varies from long to oblong . There are not classified such as cocci or rods. They can be the saprophytes as well as the parasites  Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the typical example of this bacteria which cause the pneumonia in the human. 

L-form bacteria :
They also lack the cell wall  but the basic difference is that the mycoplasma bacteria are not derived usually from the cell wall bacteria . The most common L-form bacteria have usually the  spheres  or may be spheroids shape   Bacilium  Bacillus subtilis  is the  best example of this bacteria
Answered by writersparadise
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There is a slight, but important difference between the mycoplasma and L-form of bacteria.

Mycoplasma - 
These organisms are filterable. They do not contain a cell wall (no peptidoglycan) and they have cholesterol in their cell membrane. Without a cell wall, they are unaffected by many common antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis. They can be parasitic or saprotrophicThey were originally designated Pleuropneumonia Organisms (PPO) in animals and Pleuropneumonia-Like Organisms (PPLO) in humans. They are associated with humans, animals, plants, and soil.

L-form bacteria - 
L-form bacteria are strains of bacteria that lack cell walls. Typical L-form cells are spheres or spheroids. L-form bacteria are more insidious than Mycoplasma because they are able to shapeshift between a normal bacterial state, with a cell wall, and a cell wall deficient form. L-forms can develop from Gram-positive as well as from Gram-negative bacteria, in a Gram stain test, the L-forms always color Gram-negative, due to the lack of a cell wall.

Although mycoplasma also lacks a cell wall, these are not considered as L-forms since they are not derived from bacteria that normally have cell walls.
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