phototrophic bacteria is a noun meaning "green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon". It carries one recorded sense.
green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for phototrophic bacteria come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.