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Several microaerophilic protists have been investigated with this dye; these were <jats:italic>Giardia intestinalis<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Trichomonas vaginalis<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Tritrichomonas foetus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Hexamita inflata<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Mastigamoeba punctachora<\/jats:italic>. Under conditions where they exhibit normal vitality, these organisms exclude DiBAC<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>(3) by virtue of their maintenance of a plasma-membrane potential (negative inside). Uptake of the fluorophore is indicative of disturbance to this membrane (i.e. by inhibition of pump\/leak balance, blockage of channels or generation of ionic leaks), and is indicative of metabolic perturbation or environmental stress. Here, it is shown that oxidative or nitrosative stress depolarizes the plasma membranes of the aforementioned O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-sensitive organisms and allows DiBAC<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>(3) influx. 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