PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does phototrophic bacteria mean? • PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA (noun)
The noun PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
Familiarity information: PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA (noun)
Meaning:
Green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
phototrophic bacteria; phototropic bacteria
Hypernyms ("phototrophic bacteria" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phototrophic bacteria"):
purple bacteria (free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll)
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