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purple sulfur bacterium

purple sulfur bacterium noun: any gammaproteobacterium of the order Chromatiales.

purple sulfur bacterium: any gammaproteobacterium of the order Chromatiales
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Noun

purple sulfur bacterium (plural purple sulfur bacteria)

  1. Any gammaproteobacterium of the order Chromatiales.

Forms of purple sulfur bacterium

pluralpurple sulfur bacteria

Origin of purple sulfur bacterium

purple (“color”) + sulfur bacterium

Questions about purple sulfur bacterium

What does purple sulfur bacterium mean?
Purple sulfur bacterium means any gammaproteobacterium of the order Chromatiales.
What part of speech is purple sulfur bacterium?
Purple sulfur bacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of purple sulfur bacterium?
The plural of purple sulfur bacterium is purple sulfur bacteria.

Words near purple sulfur bacterium in the dictionary

  1. purple squirrels
  2. purple state
  3. purple states
  4. purple storm snail
  5. purple storm snails
  6. purple sulfur bacterium
  7. purple swamphen
  8. purple swamphens
  9. purple team
  10. purple teamer
  11. purple teamers

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