Osmotic Pressure. A specific halotolerant bacteria can withstand sodium chloride concentrations of up to 15% (m/v). a. Assuming the 15% solution is isotonic at 30°C, what is the osmotic pressure inside the bacterial cell? Use the van't Hoff factor i = 1.9 for NaCl. b. What will happen to an Escherichia coli cell (a non-halotolerant species of bacterium) that is placed in a 15% NaCl solution? Why?