Are there any special considerations for running bacterial samples in a flow cytometer?

02 September 2022 0 2K Report

Hi there,

I want to run bacterial samples in a flow cytometer, but the person responsible for the machine is rightly sceptical about doing so; we've never experimented with this before, and the machine is expensive.

My question: Are there any special considerations I need to keep in mind about cleaning the fluidics after running my bacterial sample through a flow cytometer?

Regards,

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