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PHOTOTROPIC BACTERIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

phototrophic bacteria; phototropic bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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