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PHOTOTROPIC BACTERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("phototropic 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 "phototropic bacteria"):
purple bacteria (free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll)