Download or read book Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes written by Jan Tachezy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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. These organelles exhibit a variety of structures and functions. This work describes properties such as protein import, structure, metabolism, adaptation, proteome and their role in drug activation and resistance. Further topics include organelle evolution and biogenesis.