Are Spheroplast & Protoplast same or not?

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    Lalit Bhandari If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong! | Scholar-Level 16

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    Protoplasts and spheroplasts are altered forms of bacteria or yeast , in which the principal shape-maintaining structure of the bacteria is weakened. Each bacterium forms a sphere, which is the shape that allows the bacterium to withstand the rigors, particularly osmotic, of the fluid in which it resides.
    The term protoplast refers to the spherical shape assumed by Gram-positive bacteria. Spheroplast refers to the spherical shape assumed by Gram-negative bacteria. The difference is essentially the presence of a single membrane, in the case of the protoplast, and the two membranes (inner and outer) of the Gram-negative spheroplasts. I
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