We isolated mitochondria from freshwater amphipods and found that being disperged throughout the media in a tube - mitochondria soon starts to form flakes and aggregates.

We thimk this is also affecting Bradford assay for mitochondrial protein - the values are 3-4 times lower than could be estimated by eye. Digitonon and DDM also poorly solubilize mitochondrial membranes.

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