PURPLE BACTERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("purple bacteria" is a kind of...):

phototrophic bacteria; phototropic bacteria (green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon)

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