L-forms are bacterial spheroplasts or protoplasts originating from normal bacteria following partial (spheroplasts) or complete (protoplasts) removal of the cell wall. ... The formation of L-forms can be either spontaneous, occuring during certain phase of growth, or artificial due to suppression of the rigid cell wall by stimuli such as enzymes, h...
A wall-less procaryote derived from an organism with a wall.
Type: Term See: L-phase variants, under variant