different between miicoplasma and bacteria
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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 saprotrophic. They 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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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 saprotrophic. They 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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