Dead cell stain

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Hi Todd,
I would recommand the fluorescent FUN-1 stain.  Live cells show
orange-yellow staining and dead cells show yellow-green.  You can obtain
this stain from Molecular Probes, Inc.  Let me know how it works out for
you.
Cheers,
Jason Kang

Todd Hryciw <toddh at duke.usask.ca> wrote in article
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> Hi,
> Does anyone know of a good stain for staining dead cells?  We're trying
> Evan's Blue right now, but is there something more appropriate?
> Also, what would be the definition of a dead cell?  It seems to me that
> just because a cell cannot form a colony it might not be technically
dead.
> Thanks for your help,
> Todd Hryciw
> Dept. of Microbiology
> U. of Saskatchewan
> Canada
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