BACTEROID


Meaning of BACTEROID in English

adj.

Pronunciation: ' bak-t ə - ˌ ro ̇ id

Function: noun

Date: 1878

: an irregularly shaped form of a nitrogen-fixing bacterium (as a rhizobium) found especially in root nodules of legumes

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