Meanings
- not comparableNot purple.
Photoheterotrophic bacteria are relatively rare and include members of the nonpurple sulfur bacteria; this group is relatively insignificant in the soil ecosystem.
1999, Malcolm E. Sumner, Handbook of Soil Science1 more example
Say you only hire purple workers. If purple workers strongly prefer to work with one another instead of with other groups, why might you prefer to hire a less productive purple worker than a more productive nonpurple worker at the same wage?
2015, Robert L. Sexton, Exploring Economics, page 509
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