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There are more than 2. Any molecule with a negative charge is an anion. Inside cells, these include bicarbonate, chloride, ATP, and any other molecule with phosphate groups, and amino acids having negative charge (glutamate, aspartate). So, there are a wide variety of intracellular anions.

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