page_title: Mixotricha paradoxa
hierarchical_section_title: Mixotricha paradoxa
caption_attribution_description: English: Mixotricha paradoxa lost its mitochondria but retained other organelles.
context_page_description: Mixotricha paradoxa is a species of protozoan that lives inside the gut of the Australian termite species Mastotermes darwiniensis.
  It is composed of five different organisms: three bacterial ectosymbionts live on its surface for locomotion and at least one endosymbiont lives inside to help digest cellulose in wood to produce acetate for its host.
  Mixotricha lost their mitochondria but retain both organelles and nuclear genes derived from them.
context_section_description: Mixotricha paradoxa is a species of protozoan that lives inside the gut of the Australian termite species Mastotermes darwiniensis.
  It is composed of five different organisms: three bacterial ectosymbionts live on its surface for locomotion and at least one endosymbiont lives inside to help digest cellulose in wood to produce acetate for its host(s).
  Mixotricha lost their mitochondria but retain both organelles and nuclear genes derived from them.
caption: Mixotricha paradoxa
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