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osmoadaption

osmoadaption is the alternative form of osmoadaptation.

Meaning of osmoadaptation

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

Forms of osmoadaption

pluralosmoadaptions

Questions about osmoadaption

What is osmoadaption the alternative form of?
Osmoadaption is the alternative form of osmoadaptation.

Words near osmoadaption in the dictionary

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

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