Organisms are composed of countless eukaryotic cells each with a set niche to make sure the body stays balanced. Form their inception cells are programmed like a computer to provide necessary functions for a person’s body. Along the lines of being like a computer all cells need power to operate. Inside the cell its organelles help the cell attain the fuel it needs to operate. Within these group of organelles is what has been aptly named the, “power plant”, of cells for it takes nutrients and converts it into fuel for cells. Since scientist have been studying how cells work they always believed eukaryotic cells all had mitochondria. Some scientists have come close to identifying cells where they thought there were no mitochondria yet; those
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This was not the case when testing cells from the, “diarrhea-causing microbe Giardia intestinalis,” (Mitch, L. 2016). Scientist found that it was just the case of the mitochondria regressing to a smaller size. In the article the scientist used cells derived from the guts of a chinchilla called Monocercomonoides, which actually was actually one of the lab members’ pet. They picked the cell from a, “group of microbes that scientist posited had lost their mitochondria.’” (Mitch, L. 2016). They sequenced the genome of the cell multiple times which showed no signs of mitochondrial DNA. It also lacked any evidence of the necessary proteins in the cell which would make the mitochondria inert. They hypothesized that the cell did not have any use for the mitochondria because of its …show more content…
This helps provide major credibility to the author’s source and the study in general. Not only is the research she is writing on backed by multiple professionals in the field but writes for an international non-profit scientific research group the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Though the research was completed in 2015 it was not published until this year. She provides back story as in previous studies trying to find such cells without mitochondria. Since there is a link to the actual research journal people can go way in depth such as how they sequenced the microbe’s genome and the researcher’s references along with
This was not the case when testing cells from the, “diarrhea-causing microbe Giardia intestinalis,” (Mitch, L. 2016). Scientist found that it was just the case of the mitochondria regressing to a smaller size. In the article the scientist used cells derived from the guts of a chinchilla called Monocercomonoides, which actually was actually one of the lab members’ pet. They picked the cell from a, “group of microbes that scientist posited had lost their mitochondria.’” (Mitch, L. 2016). They sequenced the genome of the cell multiple times which showed no signs of mitochondrial DNA. It also lacked any evidence of the necessary proteins in the cell which would make the mitochondria inert. They hypothesized that the cell did not have any use for the mitochondria because of its …show more content…
This helps provide major credibility to the author’s source and the study in general. Not only is the research she is writing on backed by multiple professionals in the field but writes for an international non-profit scientific research group the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Though the research was completed in 2015 it was not published until this year. She provides back story as in previous studies trying to find such cells without mitochondria. Since there is a link to the actual research journal people can go way in depth such as how they sequenced the microbe’s genome and the researcher’s references along with