Neutral RED assays

[Michael Kolotila x3887]

Hi;
I used neutral red for several in yeast cidal assay.  Occassionally, I had
a preciptation problem.  As memory serves I usually made up fresh either
daily or on a weekly basis.  Also there is a neutral dye and a neutral red
stain.  I used the dye for my experiments.  I found it easier to make new
stain than to try and determine what was going wrong.  Hope this helps.
Good luck.
Michael

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On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Dr.M.M.Rajan wrote:

> 
> I having been using neutral red uptake assays for evaluating viable cell
> numbers.
> The solution of neutral red in the medium precipitates. I have been
> incubating the dye solution overnight at 37 degrees. It precipitates even
> then.
> Does anybody face a similar problem. If yes, how does one go about it???
> 
> Thank you
> Yours
> Dr.Rathna Rajan.
> 
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