bacteroids
/B AE1 K T ER0 OY1 D Z/noun
- 1
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
- 2
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
- 3
(dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
adjective
- 1
(biology) Resembling bacteria.
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