The yeast viability kit does work for bacteria but the staining is very dim. The better choice for staining bacteria would be any of the following kits available from Molecular Probes: LIVE/DEAD BacLight Bacterial Viability Kit ViaGram Red+ Bacterial Gram Stain and Viability Kit Live BacLight Bacterial Gram Stain Kit Bacteria Counting Kit ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject: Re: yeast viability study > Would this work for bacteria? > Nan Harvey > Jackson, MS > > > On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Mahesh K. Bhalgat wrote: > > > > > Molecular Probes cells a LIVE/DEAD Yeast Viability Kit (Catalog # > > 7009) that provides a simple and sensitive assay for discriminating > > viable yeast and fungi in complex mixtures or in pure cultures. > > ------------------------------- > > \> > > > I would like to study the viability in yeast. What probes can I use best?? > > > Thanks!! > > > > > > TNO voeding Zeist > > > tel: 030-6944131/725 > > > E-mail: M.deboer@voeding.tno.nl > > > The Netherlands > > > > > ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- Mahesh K. Bhalgat, Ph.D. Molecular Probes, Inc. Eugene OREGON 97402 Phone: (541) 465-8300 Fax: (541) 344 6504 E-mail: mahesh@probes.com -----------------------------------------------
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