As an energy source for aerobic organisms - they have a monopoly on burning hydrogen in oxygen in a biologically sensible way.
If a plant cell (or any cell for that matter...) lacked a mitochondria, then it wouldn't be able to produce the energy needed to function.
As an energy source for aerobic organisms - they have a monopoly on burning hydrogen in oxygen in a biologically sensible way.
Mitocondria
MITOCONDRIA
It is the powerplant of the cell. It burns food to make energy.
Cytoplasm and Mitocondria
Mitocondria
Mitocondria
The mitochondria is the cell's producer of energy.
Ribosomes produce proteins for the cell.
It is an organelle called the mitochondria
ATP present in Mitocondria.