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An ontology of cell types
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[Class hierarchy] protoplast/spheroblast #1145

Open cmungall opened 3 years ago

cmungall commented 3 years ago

CL term

id: CL:0000371
name: protoplast
def: "The cell protoplasm after removal of the cell wall."
is_a: CL:0000578 ! experimentally modified cell in vitro

id: CL:0000524
name: spheroplast
def: "A cell, usually of bacteria or yeast, which has partially lost its cell wall."
is_a: CL:0000371 ! protoplast

Suggested revision and reasons

spheroplast is more specific yet it refers to partial loss of cell wall, the parent the entire wall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoplast

suggests these should be sibs

I am not sure there is consistent definitions here though, e.g.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/protoplasts-and-spheroplasts

suggests gram neg vs pos.. but this doesn't make sense for plants

btw, am adding a never-in animals to this

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