Mitochondria and Mitochondrion related organelles inParasitic Protozoa-An Overview

[摘要] Mitochondria and related organelles are ubiquitous among eukaryotes which may have arisen as a consequenceof the endosymbiosis of an ancestral α-proteobacterium by an ancestral eukaryote. With the passing of time,different organisms developed different types of strategies to thrive in hypoxic environments and microbialeukaryotes (protists) are no exception as these possess metabolically distinct mitochondria called mitochondrionrelated organelles (MROs). Among medically and veterinary important parasitic protists, there are a variety oforganisms possessing MROs that reside in anaerobic niche in the body. The transformation from aerobicmitochondria to MROs occurred in independent lineages as a consequence of convergent evolution underanaerobic/microaerophilic conditions. Therefore, this review highlights the recent advances of MROs in parasiticprotists.

[学科分类] 农业科学（综合）

[关键词] Aerobes;Anaerobes;Mitochondria;Mitochondrion related organelles;Protozoa