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Figure 6 | Saline Systems

Figure 6

From: Regulation of osmoadaptation in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus: chloride, glutamate and switching osmolyte strategies

Figure 6

Halobacillus halophilus switches its osmolyte strategy from glutamine/glutamate at moderate salinities to proline at high salinities. Upon an increase of salinity of the growth medium the intracellular glutamine/glutamate pool increases. When the glutamate concentration reaches a critical concentration it effectively triggers the transcription of the pro-genes and, therefore, proline production.

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Aquatic Biosystems

ISSN: 2046-9063