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Any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants
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bacteroid
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bacteroid \Bac"te*roid\, Bacteroidal \Bac`te*roid"al\, a. [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bacteroid may refer to: Bacteroides , a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria. A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria, Rhizobia .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context biology English) Resembling bacteria. n. 1 (context dated English) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast. 2 A bacterium of the species ''Bacteroides''. 3 A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium ''Rhizobia'', or the root nodule ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)