Acollection of bacterial cells that shares an overall similar pattern of traits different from other groups of bacteria is defined as a bacterial

It is called Bacterial species.

Explanation:

Bacterial species refer to group of organisms that share certain characteristic features which differ from other groups of bacteria . Bacterial are group base on taxonomy. Taxonomy is the classification, identification and nomenclature. Classification is the arrangement of bacterial orderly, bacteria are organised as subspecies, species, genera, order. Bacteria are identified by using the classification features to distinqush one bacterial from the other. Nomenclature is the naming of identified bacteria base on their features.

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