Fluorescein biotin (FITC biotin) is a fluorescent biotin derivative and avidin and streptavidin ligand that contains a FITC fluorophore which displays excitation/emission maxima of 485/535 nm, respectively.
2-NBDG is a fluorescent derivative of glucose whose uptake is competitively inhibited by D-glucose, but not L-glucose or sucrose, in E. coli.1 It has been used to monitor glucose uptake by bacteria and live mammalian cells and in tumor biopsies.
5-TAMRA (5-Carboxytetramethylrhodamine), SE and its conjugates yield bright, pH-insensitive orange-red fluorescence (approximate excitation/emission maxima ~546/579) with good photostability.
X-Gluc Dicyclohexylamine is used as a reagent to detect ??-glucuronidase, an enzyme produced by the E. Coli bacterium; is widely used in molecular biology experiments to mark and select the expression of target genes (GUS reporter system).