knock-in enables the monitoring of mitochondrial morphology throughout lifespan.

We used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in in order to fluorescently tag endogenous aconitase-2 (ACO-2). ACO-2 is a mitochondrially localized protein, and the strain enabled the examination of native mitochondrial morphology in live animals. Here we validate that the strain displays the prototypic changes in mitochondrial morphology known to occur during aging and upon paraquat (PQ) induced mitochondrial stress. We also provide evidence that the ACO-2::GFP reporter can serve as a superior means for tracking mitochondrial morphology than conventional MitoTracker dyes-especially in aged-worms.