Microbiology

Yeast Live-or-Dye™ Fixable Live/Dead Staining Kit

From: $454 Sizes: 1,000 assaysCatalog #: 31064

A fixable, fluorescent assay to determine yeast viability. Contains two fluorescent components, Thiazole Orange and Live-or-Dye™ 568/583.

Propidium Iodide (PI)

From: $63 Sizes: 10 mL (1 mg/mL in Water), 2 mL (50 ug/mL in Buffer), 100 mgCatalog #:
40016, 40017, - 40048View allHide

A membrane-impermeant nucleic acid intercalator. The dye is commonly used to selectively stain dead cells in a mixed live-dead population and also used as a counterstain in multicolor fluorescent assays.

Glo-Plate™ 2.0 Blue LED Illuminator

From: $1,500 Sizes: EachCatalog #: E90007

A multi-functional blue LED light box that can be used for photolysis of PMAxx™ or PMA in viability PCR; or to develop the visible DNA gel stain DNAzure®.

Concanavalin A (Con A) CF® Dye Conjugates

From: $196 Sizes: 5 x 1 mgCatalog #:
29136, 29015, 29016, 29017, 29018, 29019, 29020, 29058, 29074, 29075, - 29080View allHide

A lectin labeled with our superior fluorescent CF® dyes is an effective and widely used cell surface stain for yeast, fungi, and mammalian cells.

Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA) Conjugates

From: $87 Sizes: 1 mg, 5 x 1 mgCatalog #:
29128-1, 29128, 29095-1, 29095, 29021, 29022, 29023, 29024, 29025, 29026, 29027, 29028, 29029, 29059, 29064, 29073, 29021-1, 29022-1, 29023-1, 29024-1, 29025-1, 29026-1, 29027-1, 29028-1, 29029-1, 29059-1, 29064-1, 29077-1, 29077, 29076-1, - 29076View allHide

A wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) lectin labeled with Biotium’s CF® Dyes, biotin, or HRP. It is a carbohydrate-binding lectin that has high affinity for sialic acid and N-acetylglucosamine and stains yeast bud scars as well as the cell membrane of gram+ bacteria and mammalian cells.

Viability PCR Starter Kits

From: $364 Sizes: 200 assaysCatalog #:
31075, 31075-X, 31076, - 31076-XView allHide

Kits designed to make it simple to start performing viability PCR with your choice of viability dye (PMA or PMAxx™).

BactoView™ Viability Kits

From: $486 Sizes: EachCatalog #:
32020, - 32019View allHide

A two-color viability staining kit optimized specifically for gram-positive bacteria strains. Offers a simple 30-minute staining protocol, no wash required.

BactoView™ Dead Stains

From: $67 Sizes: 20 uL, 100 uLCatalog #:
40107-T, 40107, 40108-T, 40108, 40109-T, 40109, 40110-T, 40110, 40111-T, 40111, 40112-T, 40112, 40113-T, - 40113View allHide

Highly-selective dead cell stains for bacteria cultures. The stains are suitable for both gram-positive and gram-negative strains.

BactoSpore™ Bacterial Stains

From: $200 Sizes: 20 uL, 100 uLCatalog #:
40119-T, 40119, 40120-T, - 40120View allHide

Fluorescent dyes optimized for staining endospores. The dyes also stain both live and dead bacteria of gram-positive and gram-negative strains. In B. subtilis, the dyes stain both vegetative cells and endospores and have been validated for detection by fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry.

ViaFluor® SE Cell Proliferation Kits

From: $63 Sizes: Trial size (1 vial), Set of 10 vialsCatalog #:
30139, 30139-T, 30068-T, 30068, 30086-T, 30086, - 30050View allHide

Fixable cytoplasmic stains for monitoring cell division by flow cytometry. The dyes can also be used to track cell populations in co-culture.

DAPI

From: $107 Sizes: 10 mg, 10 mg (Dilactate), 1 mL (10 mg/mL)Catalog #:
40011, 40043, - 40009View allHide

DAPI is a popular blue fluorescent DNA dye. The dye binds to the minor groove of dsDNA with approximately 20-fold fluorescence enhancement.

PMA-Lite™ 2.0 LED Photolysis Device

From: $2,514 Sizes: EachCatalog #: E90006

An optimized photoactivation device designed for photolysis of PMAxx™- and PMA- treated samples in viability PCR.

PMA (Propidium Monoazide)

From: $173 Sizes: 100 uL, 1 mgCatalog #:
40013, - 40019View allHide

A photo-reactive DNA-binding dye typically used in viability PCR (v-PCR) of microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

Hoechst

From: $204 Sizes: 10 mL (10 mg/mL), 100 mgCatalog #:
40044, 40046, 40047, - 40045View allHide

Hoechst dyes are cell membrane-permeant, minor groove-binding blue fluorescent DNA stains. Hoechst dyes are widely used in cell cycle and apoptosis studies as nuclear counterstains.

BactoView™ Live Fluorescent Bacterial Stains

From: $102 Sizes: 20 uL, 100 uLCatalog #:
40102-T, 40101-T, 40102, - 40101View allHide

Live cell bacteria stains, suitable for flow cytometry or fluorescence microscopy. Stain live and dead, gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria with green or red fluorescence.

MitoView™ Mitochondrial Dyes

From: $50 Sizes: Trial size (50 ug), 20 x 50 ugCatalog #:
70070-T, 70070, 70054-T, 70054, 70055-T, 70055, 70075-50ug, 70075, 70068-T, - 70068View allHide

Fluorogenic mitochondrial stains for live cells that rapidly accumulate in mitochondria and can be imaged without washing.