phototrophic bacteria

English Thesaurus

1. green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	purple bacteria,
definition	:	free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll (noun.animal)