A recent study suggests that alien life forms might actually be purple, specifically purple bacteria. Astronomers are focusing on these lavender-hued microbes due to their unique chemical makeup ...

Purple bacteria also known as proteobacteria are phototrophic, capable of producing their own food via photosynthesis. They are pigmented with bacteriochlorophyll, together with various carotenoids, ...

Louis highlight one potential source of game-changing materials: purple bacteria that, with a little encouragement, can act ...

Fish meal is now in short supply, and its price is quickly rising. Marine purple photosynthetic bacteria could be the ideal sustainable alternative feed to fish meal, says senior researcher ...

By repurposing natural photosynthetic structures from bacteria, they aim to convert sunlight into laser beams, to facilitate ...