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DNA stains - pronunciation question (Jan/31/2010 )

Could anyone please tell me do you read the letters for DAPI or say dapi?
Also how do you say Phalloidin particularly where the emphasis syllable is and how many syllables there are?

-astronomicalstar-

I say DAPI as a word rather than an acronym.

Phalloidin- FELL-oi-din

-bob1-

bob1 on Jan 31 2010, 06:23 PM said:

I say DAPI as a word rather than an acronym.

Phalloidin- FELL-oi-din


I do the same

-Ahrenhase-

Have a look here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/phalloidin
I'd prefer the last possibility, emphasis on the last "i" (ˈfal-ȯi-ˌdēn), but I'm german...

-hobglobin-