Bacteroid Definition
băktə-roid
noun
A structurally modified form of bacterium.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage Medicine
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
Wiktionary
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
Wiktionary
adjective
Resembling bacteria.
Webster's New World
(biology) Resembling bacteria.
Bacteroid particles.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- bacterioidal
- bacterioid
- bacteroidal
Other Word Forms of Bacteroid
Noun
Singular:
bacteroid
Plural:
bacteroidsOrigin of Bacteroid
-
bacterium + -oid
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