title: Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance study of osmoregulation in a blue-green alga.
abstract: The process of osmoregulation in a unicellular blue-green alga, Synechococcus sp., has been studied by natural-abundance carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of intact cells and cell extracts. 2-O-alpha-D-Glucopyranosylglycerol was identified as the major organic osmoregulatory solute. This demonstrates the presence of a major osmoregulatory solute in a blue-green alga and is also an example of an osmoregulatory role for glucosylglycerol.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Borowitzka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demmerle
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Norton