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Mitochondria are complex organelles, possessing inner and outer membranes and even their own DNA. A typical cell contains 800 mitochondria, termed the ""powerhouse of the cell"", playing a central role in metabolism, respiration, and ATF production. Mitochondria is the first modern, truly comprehensive authored book which tackles the biochemistry, genetics, and pathology of mitochondria in different organisms A review by Cowdry in 1918, quoted by Lehninger [1], contains more than a dozen terms referring to structures we now identify as mitochondria: blepharoblasts, chondriokonts, chondriomites, chondrioplasts, chondriosomes, chomdriospheres, fila, fuchsinophilic granules, Korner, Fadenkorper, mitogel, parasabal bodies, plasmasomes, plastochondria, plastosomes, vermicules, sarcosomes, interstitial bodies, bioblasts, and so on. Mitochondria are complex organelles, possessing inner and outer membranes and even their own DNA. A typical cell contains 800 mitochondria, termed the "powerhouse of the cell", playing a central role in metabolism, respiration, and ATP production. Mitochondria is the first modern, truly comprehensive authored book which tackles the biochemistry, genetics, and pathology of mitochondria in different organisms.