PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon

Synonyms:

phototrophic bacteria; phototropic bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)