Comment by zelos Comment by zelos 5 days ago 1 reply Copy Link View on Hacker News Mitochondria were(are?) bacteria, so technically we can't live without bacteria really.
Copy Link IAmBroom 5 days ago Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 0 replies
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.