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Bacteroid

Bacteroid Meaning & Definition
Bacteroid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bacteroid?

[n] any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants
[n] a rodlike bacterium of the genus Bacteroides
[adj] resembling bacteria

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bacteroid: bacterioid | bacterioidal | bacteroidal

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See Also | bacteria | bacterium | Bacteroides | genus Bacteroides

Bacteroid In Webster's Dictionary

\Bac"te*roid\, Bacteroidal \Bac`te*roid"al\, a. [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

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