Scientists discover more mitochondria-like symbionts with surprising metabolic capacities

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Dec 9, 2024, 12:59 pm178 pts
In 2021, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, reported an astonishing new form of symbiosis: They found a unique bacterium that lives inside a ciliate—a unicellular eukaryote—and provides it with energy. The symbiont's role is thus strongly reminiscent of…

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