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A serial reconstruction of the chondriome ofPleurochrysis carterae (Braarudet Fagerland) Christensen has revealed a single, reticulated mitochondrion branching throughout the cell. The occurrence of a single mitochondrion in unicellular algae is briefly reviewed and its phylogenetic significance is discussed.
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Beech, P.L., Wetherbee, R. Serial reconstruction of the mitochondrial reticulum in the coccolithophorid,Pleurochrysis carterae (Prymnesiophyceae) . Protoplasma 123, 226–229 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01281170
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