5. Halophilic bacteria are able to live and grow in extremely high salt pools that are too salty for other life forms to thrive in. These organisms have adapted salt pumps that move salt ions across the membrane. Using your knowledge of osmosis, determine which direction is advantageous for the salt to be pumped (in to OR out of the cell) and describe how this action it is advantageous to the bacterial cell. Use one of the terms, Hypotonic/Isotonic/Hypertonic, in your answer.
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