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Karnkowska et al. present the discovery of Monocercomonoides sp., a eukaryotic microorganism that completely lacks mitochondria, overturning the belief that all eukaryotes possess this organelle. The study reveals that the essential mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster assembly pathway has been replaced by a bacterial system acquired through lateral gene transfer, indicating that the absence of mitochondria is a secondary loss rather than an ancestral trait. This finding demonstrates that mitochondria are not
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- Maria Isabel Castañeda
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