| bacteroid | any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants |
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| bacteroid | a rodlike bacterium of the genus Bacteroides |
| bacteroid | resembling bacteria |
| bacteroid | family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals |
| bacteroid | resembling bacteria |
| bacteroid | type genus of Bacteroidaceae |