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THE L-forms of bacteria, a study of which has been described recently1, are dwarf organisms derived from a complex transformation of bacteria, either spontaneously or under various noxious influences. Their morphological as well as biological characters are so different from those existing in the bacteria they are derived from that it seemed interesting to us to compare the chemical constitution of these two forms of the same organism.
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VENDRELY, R., TULASNE, R. Chemical Constitution of the L-Forms of Bacteria. Nature 171, 262–263 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171262b0
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