Henneguya salminicola: A non-oxygen breathing animal
Diya Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata Researchers have discovered a “non-oxygen breathing” animal called Henneguya salminicola, which is a cnidarian parasite on some species of salmon fish. This discovery has changed one of science’s assumptions— that all multicellular animals are aerobic (need oxygen to survive) in nature. Other organisms (fungi, amoebas) are found in anaerobic environments […]