Definition of bacteroid Bacteroid

bac•ter•oid

We found 7 definitions of bacteroid from 4 different sources.

What does bacteroid mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: bacteroids

bacteroid - a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)

bacteria, bacterium (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

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Wiktionary

bacteroid (Noun)
A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
bacteroid (Noun)
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
bacteroid (Noun)
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
bacteroid (Adjective)
Resembling bacteria.