SYTOX (also known as SYTOX Green) is a high-affinity nucleic acid stain developed by biotechnology company

Molecular Probes Molecular Probes was a biotechnology company located in Eugene, Oregon specializing in fluorescence. The company was founded in 1975 by Richard and Rosaria Haugland in their kitchen in Minnesota, then moved briefly to Texas and finally to Oregon in ...

. Because the stain only penetrates cells with compromised plasma membranes, it can be used to investigate antibacterial mechanism of action and confirm loss of bacterial viability.

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{{reflist Staining dyes Cyanine dyes