TY - JOUR A1 - Kunte, Hans-Jörg T1 - Osmoregulation in Bacteria: Compatible Solute Accumulation and Osmosensing T2 - Environmental chemistry N2 - Bacteria and Archaea have developed two basic mechanisms to cope with osmotic stress, the salt-in-cytoplasm mechanism, and the organic-osmolyte mechanism. Organic osmolytes or so-called compatible solutes can be accumulated in molar concentration in the cytoplasm and allow for the adaptation of bacterial cells to varying salt concentrations. The biosynthetic pathways of compatible solutes and different compatible solute transport systems are described. A model for osmoregulatory compatible solute accumulation is introduced. PB - CSIRO Publishing CY - Collingwood, Vic. KW - Archaea KW - Compatible solutes KW - Halophilic KW - Halotolerant KW - Osmoregulated transporter PY - 2006 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/14258 AN - OPUS4-14258 SN - 1448-2517 SN - 1449-8979 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 94 EP - 99 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany