Meaning

1 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.

More definitions
  • free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll

Forms

plural: purple bacterias
Singularpurple bacteria
Pluralpurple bacterias

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