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Gut microbe may challenge textbook on complex cells

Mitochondria go missing in cell found in chinchilla droppings

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SMALLEST LOSER  This gut microbe, known for decades, may change the way textbooks describe complex cells: It appears to be missing mitochondria.

Naoji Yubuki

By Susan Milius

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