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PURPLE BACTERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("purple bacteria" is a kind of...):
phototrophic bacteria; phototropic bacteria (green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon)
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