← Back to context Comment by zelos 4 days ago Mitochondria were(are?) bacteria, so technically we can't live without bacteria really. 1 comment zelos Reply IAmBroom 4 days ago AFAIK no examples of independent mitochondria exist in nature nor the lab currently, so they (almost certainly) WERE bacteria (by some definition), but ARE NOT currently.Ship of Theseus, obviously.
IAmBroom 4 days ago AFAIK no examples of independent mitochondria exist in nature nor the lab currently, so they (almost certainly) WERE bacteria (by some definition), but ARE NOT currently.Ship of Theseus, obviously.
AFAIK no examples of independent mitochondria exist in nature nor the lab currently, so they (almost certainly) WERE bacteria (by some definition), but ARE NOT currently.
Ship of Theseus, obviously.