Number of mitochondria per cell

Value 34 mitochondria/cell Range: ±2 mitochondria/cell
Organism Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
Reference Meera R Raja, Scott R Waterman, Jin Qiu , Reiner Bleher, Peter R Williamson and Thomas V. O'Halloran, A copper hyperaccumulation phenotype correlates with pathogenesis in Cryptococcus neoformans, Metallomics, 2013, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/C3MT20220H p.10 top paragraph
Method "Confocal microscopy allowed counting of individual mitochondria per cell, while an average mitochondrial fluorescence from a large population of cells was determined using flow cytometry."
Comments "Per cell, the wild-type was observed to contain 34 ± 2 mitochondria..."
Entered by Uri M
ID 108845