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bacteroids

bacteroids is the plural of bacteroid.

Meaning of bacteroid

Noun

bacteroid (plural bacteroids)

  1. (dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
  2. A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
  3. A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.

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Questions about bacteroids

What is bacteroids the plural of?
Bacteroids is the plural of bacteroid.

Words near bacteroids in the dictionary

  1. bacterizing
  2. bacteroid
  3. bacteroidal
  4. bacteroidete
  5. bacteroidetes
  6. bacteroids
  7. bacteruria
  8. bacterurias
  9. bacteræmia
  10. bactin
  11. bactivorous

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