Assertion: chloroplast | /r/HasProperty | bacteria
Facets:
value: truly
type: OTHER
value: originally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Since they are not related, it appears to be even more probable that mitochondria and chloroplasts were originally bacteria that entered the eukaryotic cell via endocytosis to form a symbiotic relationship.
text: Mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA is a circular loop like that of bacteria.
text: Scientists (particularly Lynn Margulis) then began to think that if mitochondria and chloroplasts were truly bacteria that were taken into eukaryotic cells via endocytosis, then there must be a historical drive to promote this symbiotic relationship.
text: Some scientists believe mitochondria and chloroplasts may have been bacteria that were engulfed by a larger cell.