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STRUCTURE
OF MITOCHONDRION VERSUS CHLOROPLAST
Both the mitochondrion and the chloroplast:
- Are ovoid or elliptical
in shape
- Are surrounded by an outer membrane and an
inner membrane. In the mitochondrion, the term
cristae is applied to the folds of the
inner membrane.
- Have membranes surrounded by fluid. In the
mitochondrion, the fluid matrix is inside
the inner mitochondrial membrane, and fluid
in the intermembrane space is between
the inner and outer mitochondrial membranes.
In the chloroplast, the stroma surrounding
the grana is a fluid, and fluid also occupies
the lumen of each thylakoid.
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