purple bacteria
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
purple bacteria pl (plural only)
- Proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (photosynthesizing proteobacteria): purple sulfur bacteria (order Chromatiales), purple non-sulfur bacteria (orders Rhodospirillales and Rhizobiales and families Rhodobacteraceae, Rhodocyclaceae, and Comamonadaceae)
Further reading[edit]
- purple bacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia