Role of works of S. V. Prozorovskii in solving problems of persistence of wall-free forms of microorganisms
Rakovskaia, I.V.; Prozorovskii, S.V.
Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk 2001(11): 5-8
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-6047 PMID: 11837208 Document Number: 531378
S. V. Prozovsky's works are of general biological significance as they show that there can be most bacteria that are two forms having various structural arrangements: one bacteria have a wall, the others have no, such as L-form ones. The paper shows the importance of persistence of bacteria as L-forms in the pathogenesis of different infectious diseases. Mechanisms that determine the long-term persistence of Mycoplasmas in the infected organisms are explored.