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peribacteroid

peribacteroid adjective: surrounding a bacteroid or bacterium.

Adjective

peribacteroid (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a bacteroid or bacterium
    • The peribacteroid space widened locally and bacteroids' cytoplasm became heterogeneous (Fig 5E ).2015 October 24, “Phylogeny of Symbiotic Genes and the Symbiotic Properties of Rhizobia Specific to Astragalus glycyphyllos L.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of peribacteroid

From peri- + bacteroid.

Questions about peribacteroid

What does peribacteroid mean?
Peribacteroid means surrounding a bacteroid or bacterium.
What part of speech is peribacteroid?
Peribacteroid is an adjective.

Words near peribacteroid in the dictionary

  1. periaxonal
  2. periaxonemal
  3. periaxoplasmic
  4. peribacillary
  5. peribacterial
  6. peribacteroid
  7. peribasal
  8. peribiliary
  9. periblast
  10. periblastic
  11. periblasts

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