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The Diversity of Mitochondrion-Related Organelles Amongst Eukaryotic Microbes

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Origin of Mitochondria and Hydrogenosomes

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Barberà, M.J., Ruiz-Trillo, I., Leigh, J., Hug, L.A., Roger, A.J. (2007). The Diversity of Mitochondrion-Related Organelles Amongst Eukaryotic Microbes. In: Martin, W.F., Müller, M. (eds) Origin of Mitochondria and Hydrogenosomes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38502-8_10

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