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purple bacteria

purple bacteria noun: proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.

purple bacteria: proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red,...
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Noun

purple bacteria pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.

Questions about purple bacteria

What does purple bacteria mean?
Purple bacteria means proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.
What part of speech is purple bacteria?
Purple bacteria is a noun.

Words near purple bacteria in the dictionary

  1. purparts
  2. purparty
  3. purple
  4. purple airway
  5. purple airways
  6. purple bacteria
  7. purple bar
  8. purple beautyberry
  9. purple beech
  10. purple box
  11. purple boxes

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