purple bacteria
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Noun | 1. | purple bacteria - free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll 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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