purple bacterium

purple bacterium
purple bacterium n any of various free-living bacteria that contain bacteriochlorophyll marked by purplish or sometimes reddish or brownish pigments

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a photosynthetic bacterium that reduces CO2 in the presence of sulfur compounds; there are two types: the purple sulfur bacteria and the purple nonsulfur bacteria.

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