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Labeled diagram of a B. bigelowii cell showing its nucleus, mitochondria, nitroplast, and chloroplasts, with each organelle illustrated inside the elongated cell structure.

The nitroplast divides when Braarudosphaera bigelowii undergoes cell division

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nitrogen fixation endosymbiont hypothesis Organelle cytoskeleton Golgi apparatus mitochondrion endoplasmic reticulum peroxisome hydrogenosome ribosome lysosome nucleus vacuole