Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: Bac"te*roid, Bacteroidal Bac`te*roid"al, a.
[Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.)
Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Synonyms: bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal

See Also: bacteria, bacterium, Bacteroides, genus Bacteroides

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