미과학자들, 산소 필요 없는 동물 최초로 발견..."동물의 정의 깨져" Scientists discovered the first animal t

Scientists discovered the first animal that doesn't need oxygen to live. It's changing the definition of what an animal can be

By Scottie Andrew, CNN

(CNN) - You'd think all animals would need oxygen to live, right? Wrong.

산소 필요 없는 동물 최초로 발견..."과연 동물의 정의란 무엇인가"

 

     모든 동물들이 살기 위해 산소가 필요할 거라고 생각할 것이다. 하지만 아니다.

연구원들은 숨을 쉴 필요가 없는 독특한 유기체를 발견했다. 대신, 이 작은 기생충은 연어 조직에서 살고 에너지를 생산하기 위해 산소가 필요하지 않게 진화했다.

 

 

스티븐 앳킨슨 오레곤 주립대 미생물학과의 수석 연구위원은 "이는 때로 그 이상이 아니라는 것을 증명하는 놀라운 단순화"라고 말했다.

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Researchers just discovered a unique organism that doesn't need to breathe. Instead, the tiny parasite lives in salmon tissue and evolved so that it doesn't need oxygen to produce energy.

It's a brilliant simplification that proves, sometimes, less is more, said Stephen Atkinson, senior research associate at Oregon State University's Department of Microbiology.

 

"When we think of 'animals,' we picture multicellular creatures that need oxygen to survive, unlike many single-celled organisms including protists and bacteria," he told CNN. "In our work, we have shown that there is at least one multicellular animal that does not have the genetic toolkit to use

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