“…In order to make an assessment of the viability or vitality of individual bacterial cells in foods, a range of fluorescent stains, also referred to as probes or dyes, have been developed for use in FCM based assays (Longin, Petitgonnet, Guilloux-Benatier, Rousseaux, & Alexandre, 2017). It is beyond the scope of this article to individually assess the properties of each stain, however, it is clear from the literature that an extensive range are now available (Davey & Winson, 2003;Diaz et al, 2010;Egli & Kotzsch, 2015;Overton, 2015;Strauber & Muller, 2010).…”