osmoadaptation

English

Etymology

From osmo- +‎ adaptation.

Noun

osmoadaptation (uncountable)

1. adaptation to changes in osmotic pressure
   • 2015 August 15, “Emmental Cheese Environment Enhances Propionibacterium freudenreichii Stress Tolerance”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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 ].