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Mitochondria were(are?) bacteria, so technically we can't live without bacteria really.
by zelos 1y ago
Mitochondria were(are?) bacteria, so technically we can't live without bacteria really.
- IAmBroom 1y agoAFAIK no examples of independent mitochondria exist in nature nor the lab currently, so they (almost certainly) WERE bacteria (by some definition), but ARE NOT currently. Ship of Theseus, obviously.