{"title":"Organic compatible solutes of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms.","authors":"Mary F Roberts","doi":"10.1186/1746-1448-1-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microorganisms that adapt to moderate and high salt environments use a variety of solutes, organic and inorganic, to counter external osmotic pressure. The organic solutes can be zwitterionic, noncharged, or anionic (along with an inorganic cation such as K(+)). The range of solutes, their diverse biosynthetic pathways, and physical properties of the solutes that effect molecular stability are reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":87359,"journal":{"name":"Saline systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/1746-1448-1-5","citationCount":"340","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Saline systems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1448-1-5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Microorganisms that adapt to moderate and high salt environments use a variety of solutes, organic and inorganic, to counter external osmotic pressure. The organic solutes can be zwitterionic, noncharged, or anionic (along with an inorganic cation such as K(+)). The range of solutes, their diverse biosynthetic pathways, and physical properties of the solutes that effect molecular stability are reviewed.