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Bacteroid - What does it mean?

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bacteroid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
  • A bacterium of the species Bacteroides .
  • A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia , or the root nodule that it produces.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Resembling bacteria.
  • bacteroid particles

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.