Meaning of BACTEROID
| Pronunciation: | | 'baktu`royd
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal |
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| | See Also: | | bacteria, bacterium, Bacteroides, genus Bacteroides | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bac"te*roid\, Bacteroidal \Bac`te*roid"al\, a.
[Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.)
Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.
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| | Definition: | | - Resembles a bacterium.
- A particular group of small,gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria.
- A cell which was modified from a bacteria that has become an endosymbiont within other organisms, like plants or marine animals.
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