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Nucleic Acid Content

• Distinguish bacteria from particles of similar size

by their nucleic acid content

• Fluorescent dyes

-must be relatively specific for nucleic acids

-must be fluorescent only when bound to

nucleic acids

Examples

• DAPI
• Hoechst 33342
• cyanine dyes YoYo-1, YoPro-1, ToTo-1

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