The kosmotropic (structure-forming) effect of compensatory solutes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-365

  Galinski, Erwin A ^a   Stein, Marlene ^a   Amendt, Birgit ^a   Kinder, Michael ^b  

^a Inst F Mikrobiol and Biotech   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Theor Biol der R   (Germany)

Author keywords

compatible compensatory solute; halophilic bacteria; hydration number; near infrared spectroscopy; organic osmolyte; osmoadaptation; water solute interaction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; PROLINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031195138     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00275-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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