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Its through a process call osmosis 'the passage of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated to a more concentrated solution until both solutions are of the same concentration'. This means that if the water is pure it will move into the cell. however if you use sugar water with a higher concentration than inside the cell water will move out. you can get the bacteria to shrink

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