Effectiveness of SYTOX Green Stain for Bacterial Viability Assessment
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 64 (7) , 2697-2700
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.64.7.2697-2700.1998
Abstract
The effectiveness of SYTOX Green nucleic acid stain for measuring bacterial viability was tested on starved populations of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium . This stain underestimates the fraction of dead cells within starved populations containing cells with damaged nucleic acids or membranes. Its application to natural samples should be considered with caution.Keywords
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