Visualising diverse extracellular nucleic acids in biofilms with DNA-binding dyes
Freja Winther Sillesen, Finn Dicke, Stephanie Kath‐Schorr, Hannah Weissinger, Jørgen Kjems, Amalia Villum Jakobsen, Daniel E. Otzen, Gabriel Antonio S. Minero, Rikke Louise Meyer
This paper evaluates DNA-binding dyes for visualizing non-canonical extracellular nucleic acids in biofilms and identifies dyes with specific binding preferences.
bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology