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Spheroplast vs Protoplast - What's the difference?

spheroplast | protoplast |

As nouns the difference between spheroplast and protoplast

is that spheroplast is a cell from which the cell wall has been removed while protoplast is the first-created human; Adam.

As an adjective protoplast is

created first; archetypal.

spheroplast

English

(wikipedia spheroplast)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed.
  • *{{quote-journal, 2009, date=March 5, Daisuke Sakakibara et al., Protein structure determination in living cells by in-cell NMR spectroscopy, Nature, url=, doi=10.1038/nature07814, volume=458, issue=7234, pages=
    • , passage=The localization of overexpressed TTHA1718 was then analysed by measuring 2D 1 H– 15 N HSQC spectra of spheroplasts and periplasmic extract, which were fractionated from TTHA1718-expressing 15 N-labelled cells by lysozyme-EDTA treatment using the conditions described previously 35 . }}

    protoplast

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Created first; archetypal.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The first-created human; Adam.
  • (rare) A prototype or archetype; a model.
  • The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.
  • * 2011 , (Norman Davies), Vanished Kingdoms , Penguin 2012, p. 121:
    • Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.
  • (biology) The contents of a plant cell.