Where are mitosomes found?
Where are mitosomes found? The extremely small (~100 nm) mitochondrion-related organelles of the diplomonad Giardia (Fig. 7(b)) are identified as mitosomes. Organelles classed as mitosomes are also found in Microsporidia (Fungi, sensu lato) and Entamoeba (Archamoebae), neither of which is closely related to diplomonads and parabasalids (see Fig. Do mitosomes have DNA? Mitosomes are found in some anaerobic/microaerophilic protists and fungi4. The features of mitosomes shared with mitochondria include a double membrane structure5 and use of a mitochondrial chaperonin6, but mitosomes lack organelle DNA7. Do Entamoeba have mitochondria? The anaerobic protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica has mitosomes that are mitochondria lacking...