RHIZOBIUM


Meaning of RHIZOBIUM in English

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

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