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====== L-form bacteria ====== | ====== L-form bacteria ====== | ||
- | As a part of their natural life cycle, bacteria can transform into a variety of forms. One of those phases is the L-form. L-form bacteria, also known as cell wall deficient bacteria, are a phase of bacteria that are very small and lack cell walls. | + | As a part of their natural life cycle, bacteria can transform into a variety of forms. One of those phases is the L-form. |
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+ | L-form bacteria, also known as cell wall deficient bacteria, are a phase of bacteria that are very small and lack cell walls. | ||
Though the subject of a great deal of research over the last 100 years and implicated in a variety of diseases, L-forms remain largely misunderstood - or at the very least, underappreciated - by the medical research community. According to the Marshall Pathogenesis, | Though the subject of a great deal of research over the last 100 years and implicated in a variety of diseases, L-forms remain largely misunderstood - or at the very least, underappreciated - by the medical research community. According to the Marshall Pathogenesis, | ||
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===== Culturing and detection ===== | ===== Culturing and detection ===== | ||
- | Once bacteria have transformed into the L-form they can no longer be detected by many standard | + | Once bacteria have transformed into the L-form they can no longer be detected by ordinary |
Forms of bacteria with cell walls can be easily grown outside the body (grown // | Forms of bacteria with cell walls can be easily grown outside the body (grown // | ||
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Several studies have shown that once inside a macrophage, L-form bacteria are able to delay the process of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, allowing them to thrive inside the cell for a period of time even longer than 45 days. | Several studies have shown that once inside a macrophage, L-form bacteria are able to delay the process of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, allowing them to thrive inside the cell for a period of time even longer than 45 days. | ||
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L-form bacteria cohabitants in human blood: significance for health and diseases. (({{pubmed> | L-form bacteria cohabitants in human blood: significance for health and diseases. (({{pubmed> | ||
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+ | Possible role of L-form switching in recurrent urinary tract infection | ||
==== Future research ==== | ==== Future research ==== |