BACTEROID


Meaning of BACTEROID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbak-tə-ˌrȯid ]

noun

Date: 1878

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.