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. 2020 Apr 10;6(2):47. doi: 10.3390/jof6020047

Table 1.

Live-cell probes, their selectivities, concentrations used, commercial sources and confocal microscope imaging parameters used.

Probes Selectivity Concentration Commercial Source Excitation Wavelength Emission Wavelength Excitation Source
Mitotracker Red FM Mitochondria 500 ng/mL Molecular Probes 581 nm 595–650 nm White light laser
Aniline Blue Cell wall 25 µg/mL Sigma-Aldrich 405 nm 420–470 nm Blue diode laser
Calcofluor White (CFW) Cell wall chitin 0.1 µg/mL Sigma-Aldrich 405 nm 420–470 nm Blue diode laser
Wheat germ agglutinin-orange (WGA-orange) Cell wall chitin 5 µg/mL Molecular Probes 555 nm 570–630 nm White light laser
Cell Tracker Blue/CMAC Vacuoles 1 µM Molecular Probes 405 nm 420–470 nm Blue diode laser
Filipin Cell membrane ergosterol 1 µg/mL Sigma-Aldrich 405 nm 420–470 nm Blue diode laser
Nile Red Membrane lipids, neutral lipid droplets 10 µg/mL Sigma-Aldrich 514 nm 530–600 nm White light laser
FM4-64 Membrane 5 µM Molecular Probes 515 nm 550–700 nm White light laser
GFP Various Not applicable This study 488 nm 500–550 nm White light laser