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bacteroid

/'bæktə,rɔɪd/

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adjective
resembling bacteria
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bacterioid bacterioidal bacteroidal
noun
a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
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bacteria bacterium

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genus bacteroides type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals
bacteroides type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals