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If a Gram negative cell were placed in a hypotonic environment, would you expect it to increase or decrease the number of aquaporins that are specialize in transporting water into the cell? Remember - hypotonic environments have more solute inside the cells than in the surrounding environment. Othe cell should decrease the aquaporin numbers to survive O the cell should increase the aquaporin numbers to survive O N/A Gram negative cells dont have any type of porin those are only in Gram positive cells O N/A nothing can regulate the amount of water that goes into or out of a bacterial cell

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