English

Noun

purple bacteria pl ‎(plural only)

1. Any of the proteobacteria that produce their own food using photosynthesis, with colors including purple, red, brown, and orange.

Hyponyms

• (photosynthesizing proteobacteria): purple sulfur bacteria (order Chromatiales), purple non-sulfur bacteria (orders Rhodospirillales and Rhizobiales and families Rhodobacteraceae, Rhodocyclaceae, and Comamonadaceae)