The nucleic acid stain, hexidium iodide is permeant to mammalian cells and selectively stains almost all gram-positive bacteria in the presence of gram-negative bacteria. Hexidium iodide exhibits excitation/emission maxima of ~518/600 nm upon binding DNA. Generally, both the cytoplasm and nuclei of eukaryotic cells...

Description: Hexidium iodide is a fluorescent nucleic acid stain that selectively permeates mammalian cells and exhibits excitation/emission at approximately 518/600 nm. This compound effectively stains nearly all gram-positive bacteria. Upon permeabilization using EDTA, Hexidium iodide can bind to the DNA of all...