title: [Role of works of S. V. Prozorovskii in solving problems of persistence of wall-free forms of microorganisms].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Rakovskaia
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000502:physiology; D012426:Russia