purple bacteria en · NOUN
Meanings
- (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))