Do Archaea Have Mitochondria?

Archaebacteria, like all prokaryotes, have no membrane bound organelles. This means that the archaebacteria are without nuclei, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticula, lysosomes, Golgi complexes, or chloroplasts. ... Because these organisms have no nucleus, the genetic material floats freely in the cytoplasm.

Are mitochondria archaea?

Mitochondria evolved from an endosymbiotic alphaproteobacterium (purple) within an archaeal-derived host cell that was most closely related to Asgard archaea (green).

Are mitochondria bacteria or archaea?

Mitochondria evolved from an endosymbiotic al- phaproteobacterium (purple) within an archaeal- derived host cell that was most closely related to Asgard archaea (green).

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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