Table 2.

Average area and numerical density of peroxisomes in cells of wild-type and deletion strains

Strain	Cell area assayed (μm2)	Peroxisome counta	Numerical density of peroxisomesb	Average area of peroxisomesc (μm2)
BY4742	853	0.21	0.98	0.051
yor193Δ	909	0.23	0.77	0.088
pex25Δ	892	0.16	0.48	0.113
pex11Δ	918	0.24	0.81	0.097
yor193Δ/pex25Δ	1114	0.16	0.30	0.152
yor193Δ/pex11Δ	999	0.16	0.33	0.224
pex25Δ/pex11Δ	914	0.15	0.39	0.158

^aNumber of peroxisomes counted per square micrometer of cell area on micrographs.

^bNumber of peroxisomes per cubic micrometer of cell volume (Weibel and Bolender, 1973).

^cAverage area on micrographs.