Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tachezy, Jan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Microbiology Monographs, 9
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Eukaryotic Microbiology.; Biochemistry, general.; Evolutionary Biology.

"Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes" provides a summary of the current knowledge of these organelles, which occur in unicellular, often parasitic organisms, including human pathogens. The distribution of these organelles is broad, but they were detected prim...

Table of Contents:

• Anaerobic Eukaryotes in Pursuit of Phylogenetic Normality: the Evolution of Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes
• Protein Import into Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes
• Structure of the Hydrogenosome
• Hydrogenosomes of Anaerobic Ciliates
• Metabolism of Trichomonad Hydrogenosomes
• Hydrogenosomes of Anaerobic Chytrids: An Alternative Way to Adapt to Anaerobic Environments
• The Proteome of T. vaginalis Hydrogenosomes
• Hydrogenosome: The Site of 5-Nitroimidazole Activation and Resistance
• Mitosomes in Parasitic Protists
• The Mitochondrion-Related Organelle of Cryptosporidium parvum
• Mitochondrial Remnant in Blastocystis
• Possible Mitochondria-Related Organelles in Poorly-Studied “Amitochondriate” Eukaryotes.