Vidyalelo
Agriculture · Q903

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 903

Q903

Sphaeroplast is the cell derived from

A.
Gram +ve bacteria
B.
PPLO
Answer
C.
Gram -ve bacteria
D.
Mollicutes

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Sphaeroplast is a cell derived from PPLO.
A spheroplast is a microbial cell from which the cell wall has been almost completely removed, as by the action of penicillin or lysozyme.
The term spheroplast refers to cells from which the peptidoglycan component but not the outer membrane component of the cell wall has been removed.