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Oxygen has been mandatory for every organism with more than one cell that intends to survive on this planet — until now.
There is actually a eukaryote, or multicellular organism, crawling on Earth that is just as alive as the rest of us, but doesn’t need oxygen to keep being its bad self. This is a surprising contrast from prokaryotes that also don’t need oxygen but are only made of one cell. Zoologist Dorothée Huchon, of Tel Aviv University in Israel, and her research team have now confirmed that the cnidarian (think jellyfish and sea anemones and other stinging marine life) parasite Henneguya salminicola is the first known eurkaryote, or multicellular organism, that doesn't need oxygen.
This weirdo is the only multicellular lifeform on Earth that doesn't need oxygen
A parasite for salmon. That is kind of cool.
There is actually a eukaryote, or multicellular organism, crawling on Earth that is just as alive as the rest of us, but doesn’t need oxygen to keep being its bad self. This is a surprising contrast from prokaryotes that also don’t need oxygen but are only made of one cell. Zoologist Dorothée Huchon, of Tel Aviv University in Israel, and her research team have now confirmed that the cnidarian (think jellyfish and sea anemones and other stinging marine life) parasite Henneguya salminicola is the first known eurkaryote, or multicellular organism, that doesn't need oxygen.
This weirdo is the only multicellular lifeform on Earth that doesn't need oxygen
A parasite for salmon. That is kind of cool.
