osmoadapt

verb

osmoadapt

verb

Etymology From osmo- + adapt.

1

To undergo osmoadaptation.

These are usually regarded as freshwater cyanobacteria, although they osmoadapt to sodium chloride and can grow in brackish waters.1992, E. J. Carpenter, Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and other Diazotrophs, page 319:

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