HyperDic: phototrophic_bacteria

English > 1 sense of the expression phototrophic bacteria:
NOUNanimalphototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteriagreen and purple bacteria
English > phototrophic bacteria: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninggreen and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon.
Synonymphototropic bacteria
Narrowerpurple bacteriafree-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll
Broadereubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteriaA large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict