Talk:Osmoprotectant

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Distinction between osmoprotectants and compatible solutes

A distinction is made between osmoprotectants and compatible solutes:

effective osmoprotectants = "efficient at increasing cytoplasmic osmolality, and growth rate"; and
compatible solutes = "without deleterious effects on biopolymer functions, including stability and activity".

Claire Le Marrec; Responses of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Osmotic Stress; June 2011; DOI:10.1007/978-0-387-92771-8_4; in book: Stress Responses of Lactic Acid Bacteria (pp.67-90).

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