transcription, транскрипция: [ rī-ˈzō-bē-əm ]
noun
( plural rhi·zo·bia -bē-ə)
Etymology: New Latin, from rhiz- + Greek bios life — more at quick
Date: 1921
: any of a genus ( Rhizobium ) of small heterotrophic soil bacteria capable of forming symbiotic nodules on the roots of leguminous plants and of there becoming bacteroids that fix atmospheric nitrogen
• rhi·zo·bi·al -bē-əl adjective