From owner-diagnostics@net.bio.net Wed Oct 22 23:00:00 1997
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From: "Richard A. Murphy" <U14663@uicvm.uic.edu>
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Subject: Hoechst 33342
Date: 23 Oct 1997 01:14:42 -0700
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Does anyone know if Hoechst 33342 is analogous to fluorescein
diacetate in staining bacteria?  and:
Do different bacteria (gram -ve/gram +ve) take up Hoechst to different
degrees?
Thanks for your help.
Dick Murphy
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