cellular respiration
The Genome of a Gigantic Bacterium Reveals Odd Metabolic Properties
Megan Keller | May 16, 2024 | 4 min read
With its complete genome sequenced, one of the world’s largest microbes harbors unique energy processes that highlight its relation to its symbiotic host, the surgeonfish.
Biochemist Hans Kornberg Dies
Catherine Offord | Jan 27, 2020 | 3 min read
An expert on carbohydrate transport, Kornberg contributed to the discovery of several metabolic cycles in microorganisms during his seven-decade career.
Mistletoe Lacks Key Energy-Generating Complex
Shawna Williams | May 3, 2018 | 2 min read
The parasitic plant manages to go without a component of mitochondria found in all other multicellular life forms.
Image of the Day: Mitochondria, Live and in Color
The Scientist | Sep 27, 2017 | 1 min read
Mitochondria age differently depending upon whether they’re located in the liver, heart, or kidney, scientists find in flies and mice.