Adjective: bacteroid 'bak-tu,royd
- Resembling bacteria in form or nature
"The bacteroid structures were visible under the microscope";
- bacteroidal, bacterioidal, bacterioid
- A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
"The presence of bacteroids in the legume's roots helps in nitrogen fixation"
Derived forms: bacteroids
Encyclopedia: Bacteroid