Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phototrophic_bacteria

1 sense of phototrophic bacteria

Sense 1
phototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteria -- (green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon)
       => eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria -- (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)