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purple bacteria en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.

Hyponyms

photosynthesizing proteobacteria (purple sulfur bacteria (order Chromatiales), purple non-sulfur bacteria (orders Rhodospirillales and Rhizobiales and families Rhodobacteraceae, Rhodocyclaceae, and Comamonadaceae))