Asides using ethidium bromide, what other methods do we use for plasmid curing?

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Michael J. Benedik

Acridine orange is also frequently used instead of ethidium bromide, but both are intercalating agents and act in similar fashions.

Vishnu Priyan K

Apart from intercalating dyes, various antibiotics are also used, such as Coumermycin, Novobiocin, Mitomycin C, Rifampicin, etc. SDS is occasionally used too. You can refer to this classic paper for more insights.

https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article/1/3-4/149/536881

Owolabi Emmanuel Sokefun

I believe that using these radioactive dyes is a more reliable option due to multidrug resistance.