An aerobic eukaryotic parasite with functional mitochondria that likely lacks a mitochondrial genome

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav1110
• Publication Date: 2019-04-24T23:22:19Z
• Authors: Uwe John; Yameng Lu; Sylke Wohlrab; Marco Groth; Jan Janouškovec; Gurjeet S. Kohli; Felix C. Mark; Ulf Bickmeyer; Sarah Farhat; Marius Felder; Stephan Frickenhaus; Laure Guillou; Patrick J. Keeling; Ahmed Moustafa; Betina M. Porcel; Klaus Valentin; Gernot Glöckner
• Keywords: Nuclear gene; Endosymbiosis; Organelle

The parasitic marine dinoflagellate Amoebophrya is the first known eukaryote with aerobic mitochondria without a genome.