Bacteroid

What do we mean by bacteroid?

Any of various bacteria, especially those of the genus Rhizobium, that carry out nitrogen fixation in the root nodules of leguminous plants and often change markedly in size and shape after they enter the roots. noun

Resembling bacteria. adjective

A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast. noun

A bacterium of the species Bacteroides. noun

A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces. noun

Resembling bacteria. adjective

Resembling bacteria adjective

A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to bacteroid:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective bacteroid:
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