Bacterial L-forms: An independent form of life that can multiply indefinitely

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 15:01 in Biology & Nature

Bacteria able to shed their cell wall assume new, mostly spherical shapes. Researchers have shown that these cells, known as L-forms, are not only viable but that their reproductive mechanisms may even correspond to those of early life forms.

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