Chapter 15, Problem 2WIO

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The way in which the presence of symbiotic bacteria in amoeba Pelomyxa palustris support the endosymbiotic theory.

Introduction:

Endosymbiotic theory tries to explain the origin of organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplast. These cell organelles have separate set of DNA and according to the endosymbiotic theory these organelles have developed as a result of symbiotic relationship between two separate unicellular organisms that later combined to form a eukaryotic cell.