Given its extreme minuteness and the fact that it must get many essentials from both its host and resident microbes, some suggest that Tremblaya blurs the boundaries
between cellular organisms and organelles, specialized structures within cells such as the energy - producing mitochondria.
Not exact matches
However, lipid compositions vary
between cells and
cellular structures within the same
organism, so diet isn't the only factor determining which lipids are manufactured.
As the research team noted in its report in the journal Science, the enormous complexity of the Mimivirus's genetic complement «challenges the established frontier
between viruses and parasitic
cellular organisms.»
The HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living
organisms; topics range from molecular and
cellular approaches to systems and cognitive neuroscience and the interactions
between organisms.
However, the molecular and
cellular mechanisms controlling interactions within the metaorganisms are poorly understood and many key interactions
between the associated
organisms remain unknown.
But even using animal cells can be a terrific way to test and research the effect of experimentation on humans: Many of the
cellular processes and functions are quite similar
between organisms.
Hockaday treats plastic clamshell containers with the same detail as protozoa, allowing the spaces within and
between shapes to take on the characteristics of a
cellular organism.