Hi I am new to flow cytometry , I need perform a viability assay using the baclight live dead kit , how would i know if PI and SYTO 9 overlap and need compensation. What are other suitable dyes for bacterial viability?
baclight is red and green (from what I remember) and those two channels (FITC and PI) don't have much overlap.
You can run compensation, just do single stains of the cells. One is for live the other dead, just kill your bacteria and that should stain very positive for the "dead" dye.