bacteroid
a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) • Derivationally related forms: bacteroidal • Hypernyms: bacteria, bacterium
resembling bacteria • Syn: bacteroidal, bacterioidal, bacterioid • Pertains to noun: bacteria (for: bacterioid), bacteria (for: bacterioidal), bacteria, bacteria (for: bacteroidal) • Derivationally related forms: bacterium (for: bacterioidal), bacteroid (for: bacteroidal)
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