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Origin of Mitochondria and Hydrogenosomes

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 80176, 3508, TD Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Aloysius G. M. Tielens

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 80176, 3508, TD Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jaap J. Van Hellemond

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Tielens, A.G.M., Van Hellemond, J.J. (2007). Anaerobic Mitochondria: Properties and Origins. 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_5

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