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osmoadaptation en · NOUN

Etymology

From osmo- + adaptation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) adaptation to changes in osmotic pressure
    • In our work, osmotic stress was shown to reduce stress tolerance in CdM while addition of yeast extract in salted CdM increased salt tolerance showing that externally provided compatible solutes, in conjunction with osmoadaptation, play a crucial role in stress tolerance, as described in other bacteria [38 ,40 ]. 2015 August 15, “Emmental Cheese Environment Enhances Propionibacterium freudenreichii Stress Tolerance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: