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Re:Single-celled protists in the guts of animals thrive with... by isoprophlex on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:44PM (#38798356)
These lifeforms without mitochondria are apparently called "oxymonads", as per the article.

I'm sure there's a Haskell joke in there somewhere, something about these oxymonads just being oxymonoids in the category of endofunctors, but I'm too busy burning my oxygen to figure it out :^)

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Re:Single-celled protists in the guts of animals thrive with... by atticora on Thursday December 28, 2023 @04:07PM (#38798617)
> I'm too busy burning my oxygen to figure it out

Your mitochondria are doing that so your brain doesn't have to spend attention on it. And its not very clear whether they are "you" or your symbiotes.

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Re:Single-celled protists in the guts of animals thrive with... by timschmidt on Thursday December 28, 2023 @05:13PM (#38799376)
We are a holobiont with a hologenome.
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Re:Single-celled protists in the guts of animals thrive with... by wearsshoes on Thursday December 28, 2023 @05:26PM (#38799505)
Oxymonads are oxymonoids in the category of enterofauna, of course
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