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What happens when a viable bacterial cell is submerged into a highly concentrated sodium chloride solution?

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What happens when a viable bacterial cell is submerged into a highly concentrated sodium chloride solution?

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The fluid from the cell moves out and the bacteria shrinks and becomes hypertonic inside, which changes its osmolarity to nonviable and it may die soon.