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Purple bacteria — or purple photosynthetic bacteria are proteobacteria that are phototrophic, i.e. capable of producing energy through photosynthesis.cite journal author=D.A. Bryant N. U. Frigaard month=Nov year=2006 title=Prokaryotic photosynthesis and… … Wikipedia
purple bacteria — noun free living Gram negative pink to purplish brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll • Hypernyms: ↑phototrophic bacteria, ↑phototropic bacteria * * * a group of Gram negative pink to purplish brown bacteria, comprising the purple sulfur… … Useful english dictionary
Purple sulfur bacteria — Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class … Wikipedia
bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom … Universalium
Purple — This article is about the color. For other uses, see Purple (disambiguation). Purple … Wikipedia
Bacteria — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacteria fossil range = Archean or earlier Recent image width = 210px image caption = Escherichia coli image is 8 micrometres wide. domain = Bacteria subdivision ranks = Phyla [cite web… … Wikipedia
purple bacterium — n any of various free living bacteria that contain bacteriochlorophyll marked by purplish or sometimes reddish or brownish pigments * * * a photosynthetic bacterium that reduces CO2 in the presence of sulfur compounds; there are two types: the… … Medical dictionary
Purple acid phosphatases — (PAPs) (EC number|3.1.3.2) are metalloenzymes that hydrolyse phosphate esters and anhydrides under acidic condition. [Antanaitis, B.C. and P. Aisen, Uteroferrin and the purple acid phosphatases. Adv Inorg Biochem, 1983. 5: p. 111 36.]… … Wikipedia
Purple mangosteen — Mangosteen redirects here. This may also refer to the entire genus Garcinia. Purple Mangosteen Illustration from Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l Ile de Java 1863 1864 by Berthe Hoola van Nooten (Pieter De Pannemaeker lithographer) … Wikipedia
photosynthetic bacteria — Bacteria that are able to carry out photosynthesis. Light is absorbed by bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoids. Two principal classes are the green bacteria and the purple bacteria … Dictionary of molecular biology
