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osmoadaptation

osmoadaptation noun: adaptation to changes in osmotic pressure.

Noun

osmoadaptation (uncountable)

  1. 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...2015 August 15, “Emmental Cheese Environment Enhances Propionibacterium freudenreichii Stress Tolerance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of osmoadaptation

From osmo- + adaptation.

Questions about osmoadaptation

What does osmoadaptation mean?
Osmoadaptation means adaptation to changes in osmotic pressure.
What part of speech is osmoadaptation?
Osmoadaptation is a noun.

Words near osmoadaptation in the dictionary

  1. osmium tetroxide
  2. osmiums
  3. osmlolality
  4. osmo-
  5. osmoadapt
  6. osmoadaptation
  7. osmoadapted
  8. osmoadaption
  9. osmoadaptions
  10. osmoadaptive
  11. osmobalancing

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