Osmoadapt

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To undergo osmoadaptation.

    "These are usually regarded as freshwater cyanobacteria, although they osmoadapt to sodium chloride and can grow in brackish waters."

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"These are usually regarded as freshwater cyanobacteria, although they osmoadapt to sodium chloride and can grow in brackish waters."

Etymology

From osmo- + adapt.

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