photosynthetic bacteria

collocation in English

meaningsofbacteria

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withbacteria.
bacteria
noun
uk
/bækˈtɪə.ri.ə/us
/bækˈtɪr.i.ə/
plural ...
See more atbacteria

(Definition ofbacteriafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofphotosynthetic bacteria

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Directed picosecond excitation transport in purplephotosyntheticbacteria.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This suggests a functional relationship between cyanobacteria and otherphotosyntheticbacteriathrough fixing of carbon that is eventually consumed by the associated heterotrophic bacterial community.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These pigment-protein complexes carry out the initial photochemical electron-transfer reactions of plants andphotosyntheticbacteria.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Refinement of the structure of a water-soluble antenna complex from greenphotosyntheticbacteriaby incorporation of the chemically determined amino acid sequence.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Somephotosyntheticbacteria, such as purple bacteria, carry out anoxygenic photosynthesis that involves oxidation of molecules other than water.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Sand grains are - - visible as lighter areas in each photomicrograph, while thephotosyntheticbacteriaare visible as bright filaments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
How carotenoids function inphotosyntheticbacteria.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Therefore, chloroplasts may bephotosyntheticbacteriathat adapted to life inside plant cells.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The endosymbiotic theory suggests thatphotosyntheticbacteriawere acquired (by endocytosis) by early eukaryotic cells to form the first plant cells.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In anoxygenicphotosyntheticbacteria, electron flow is cyclic, with all electrons used in photosynthesis eventually being transferred back to the single reaction center.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is used by plants andphotosyntheticbacteriato collect more of the incoming light than would be captured by the photosynthetic reaction center alone.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
However, in manyphotosyntheticbacteriathe plasma membrane is highly folded and fills most of the cell with layers of light-gathering membrane.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Like most otherphotosyntheticbacteria, purple bacteria do not produce oxygen (anoxygenic), because the reducing agent (electron donor) involved in photosynthesis is not water.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Chloroplasts have many similarities withphotosyntheticbacteria, including a circular chromosome, prokaryotic-type ribosomes, and similar proteins in the photosynthetic reaction center.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Subsequently,photosyntheticbacteria(thought to be related to cyanobacteria) entered some, but not all, of these mitochondria-containing cells.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The lake is a rich storehouse of psychrophilicphotosyntheticbacteriasome of which have been found nowhere else.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
As befits the large diversity ofphotosyntheticbacteria, there are many different mechanisms by which light is converted into energy for metabolism.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Most of thephotosyntheticbacteriahave both light-dependent and light-independent reductases.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She was the first to observe the motion of the carbon fixing organelles inphotosyntheticbacteria.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofbacteria
See other collocations withbacteria