Degradation of DNA and RNA in bacteria?

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I understand that degradation of DNA doesn't happen so quickly as RNA. Somebody could please explain why and how this can affect flow cytometric analysis? I haven't seen any protocol for dyes that bind to DNA and RNA that cares about RNA degradation.

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