Title |
The hydrogenosomes of Psalteriomonas lanterna
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, December 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-9-287 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Rob M de Graaf, Isabel Duarte, Theo A van Alen, Jan WP Kuiper, Klaas Schotanus, Jörg Rosenberg, Martijn A Huynen, Johannes HP Hackstein |
Abstract |
Hydrogenosomes are organelles that produce molecular hydrogen and ATP. The broad phylogenetic distribution of their hosts suggests that the hydrogenosomes of these organisms evolved several times independently from the mitochondria of aerobic progenitors. Morphology and 18S rRNA phylogeny suggest that the microaerophilic amoeboflagellate Psalteriomonas lanterna, which possesses hydrogenosomes and elusive "modified mitochondria", belongs to the Heterolobosea, a taxon that consists predominantly of aerobic, mitochondriate organisms. This taxon is rather unrelated to taxa with hitherto studied hydrogenosomes. |
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