Mitochondria originated from which of the following organism?

Purple sulphur bacteria

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Cyanobacteria

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Mycoplasma

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Virus

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Solution

The correct option is A Purple sulphur bacteria
According to the endosymbiotic hypothesis, mitochondria was evolved by purple bacteria and survived endocytosis by another bacteria.

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