Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

These organisms live in the intestines of insects. Professor Nowack: “All members of the Strigomonadinae sub-family have an endosymbiont. At some point around 40 to 120 million years ago ...

In the trypanosomatid Angomonas deanei, the endosymbiont divides synchronously with the host cell. The nucleus-encoded protein ETP9 is essential for the division of the endosymbiont. Disclaimer ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their independence in the course of evolution.

19 Yeh gained plenty of experience with unusual endosymbiotic organelles during her work on the apicoplast, so she applied her skills to study an unusual endosymbiont present in algae. Furthermore, ...