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Comparative genomics in #Preaxostyla confirms the complete loss of #mitochondria and full mitochondria proteome in the #oxymonad species #Monocercomonoides exilis, #Blattamonas nauphoetae, and #Streblomastix strix. This research extends the amitochondriate status to the Oxymonadida.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.24.517819v1
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#preaxostyla #mitochondria #oxymonad #monocercomonoides #blattamonas #streblomastix #protists #Metamonada #amitochondriates