Across the diversity of life, organisms have evolved different strategies to thrive in hypoxic
environments, and microbial eukaryotes (protists) are no exception. Protists that experience …

Mitochondria originated from the endosymbiotic event commencing from the engulfment of
an ancestral α-proteobacterium by the first eukaryotic ancestor. Establishment of niches has …

The mitochondria have arisen as a consequence of endosymbiosis of an ancestral α-
proteobacterium with a methane-producing archae. The main function of the canonical …

Many anaerobic microbial parasites possess highly modified mitochondria known as
mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs). The best-studied of these are the …

All extant eukaryotes are now considered to possess mitochondria in one form or another.
Many parasites or anaerobic protists have highly reduced versions of mitochondria, which …

Mitochondria exist on a functional and evolutionary continuum that includes anaerobic
mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs), such as hydrogenosomes. Hydrogenosomes lack …

Protists that live under low-oxygen conditions often lack conventional mitochondria and
instead possess mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs) with distinct biochemical …

Protists account for the bulk of eukaryotic diversity. Through studies of gene and especially
genome sequences the molecular basis for this diversity can be determined. Evident from …

The discovery of mitochondrion-type genes in organisms thought to lack mitochondria led to
the demonstration that hydrogenosomes share a common ancestry with mitochondria, as …

Apicomplexans are obligate intracellular parasites and occupy diverse niches. They have
remodeled mitochondrial carbon and energy metabolism through reductive evolution …