[A comparative study of the oxidation processes in the cells of typical forms and L forms of Vibrio cholerae]

A comparative study of metabolic processes in cells of typical forms and L-forms of cholera vibrios has determined a change in the intensity of oxidative processes demonstrated through a decrease in the activity of respiration enzymes (dehydrogenases and diaphorases) and through a restricted transport of electrons along the respiration chain. The facts established evidence for the transition of L-transformed cells into a physiological state with a deficit of substrates and energy as well as with retarded processes of vital activity and repressed mechanisms of reparation of structural elements of a cell.