bacteroid

Adjective
  1. Resembling bacteria (synset 302668446)
    same as: bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal
Noun
  1. A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) (synset 101352376)
    is a type of: bacteria, bacterium - (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

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