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what items can be found inside a bacterial cell
The cytoplasm of a bacterial cell is a gel-like matrix composed of water, enzymes, nutrients, wastes, and gases and contains cell structures such as ribosomes, a chromosome, and plasmids.
what happens in a bacterial cell's cytoplasm
The cytoplasm, or protoplasm, of bacterial cells is where the functions for cell growth, metabolism, and replication are carried out.

Question: how about the cytoplasmic membrane
Self-contained rewrite: what happens in a bacterial cell's cytoplasmic membrane