Bacteria & Chloroplasts: The Mind-Blowing Discovery!
The evolutionary history of chloroplasts, organelles responsible for photosynthesis, is intimately linked to the process of endosymbiosis. Understanding this process is crucial when addressing the question: are there chloroplasts in bacteria? While bacteria themselves do not inherently possess chloroplasts, the ancestor of chloroplasts, a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria, underwent endosymbiosis within eukaryotic cells. The […]