Proto-mitochondrion
Hypothetical endosymbiont ancestor of all mitochondria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The proto-mitochondrion is the hypothetical ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria in eukaryotes are thought to descend, after an episode of symbiogenesis which created the aerobic eukaryotes.
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Class: | Alphaproteobacteria (or sister to) |
Order: | Rickettsiales (?) |
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