comes from one more than the other. According to endosymbiosis theory, the mitochondria of eukaryote from aerobic bacterium live in the host cell. Endosymbiosis is a symbiosis of organisms that live inside each other. 1 Millions of years ago, mitochondria were the single-celled, energy producing organelle. Mitochondria and chloroplast resemble bacteria. Each has their own protein synthesis that look like the bacteria and is found in the eukaryotes. They both reproduce like bacteria, and repair their…
Mitochondrial Origin and Endosymbiosis Numerous biological processes depend on the generation and recycling of ATP to maintain homeostasis and carry out vital roles within a cell. Without mitochondria, the generation of ATP via oxidative phosphorylation would not occur. Cellular energy metabolism generates the most ATP within the mitochondria and during oxidative phosphorylation. Comparison of the different endosymbiosis theories, evolutionary time frames, mechanisms, and genetic testing can help…
The mitochondria is one of the most interesting components of the eukaryotic cell. Endosymbiosis is the term modern scientists use for how the mitochondria came to be. Symbiosis translates from Greek to English as “living” “together.” Constrantin Mereschkowsky, known as the founding father of the theory of endosymbiosis, was one of people who started the concept of endosymbiosis, although he had called it “symbiogenesis,” defining it as: “the origin of organisms through the combination and unification…