What should be the appropriate concentration of CYTO green dye for observing the microbial biofilm under flurescense microscope?

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The images we are getting demonstrates the less concentration of dye as we are not getting images including fluorescent microbial cells in biofilm.

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Have you thought of using the Live/Dead Baclight test?

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