Purple non-sulfur bacteria belong to which category of bacteria?

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12 May 2018
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Purple non-sulfur bacteria are classified as photosynthetic bacteria because they use light as their energy source to carry out photosynthesis, unlike heterotrophic, chemosynthetic, or saprotrophic bacteria.

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