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Metopus Video No. 1
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Unlike most other ciliates, which are aerobic, Metopus is anaerobic and lives in oxygen-depleted sediments. Some species have even been found living in sediments off the coast of Antarctica. In place of mitochondria, Metopus has respiratory organelles called hydrogenosomes.
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