bacterioidadj.n.
/bakˈtɪərɪɔɪd/ A. adj.
= bacteroid adj.
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1889 in Cent. Dict.
1896 G. Henslow How to study Wild Flowers 91 The nodules found on the roots of leguminous plants contain bacterioid fungi.
B. n.
An organism shaped like a bacterium; spec. the branched form of bacteria found in the root-nodules of leguminous plants.
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1898 H. C. Porter tr. E. Strasburger et al. Text-bk. Bot. i. ii. 210 These tubercles become filled with a bacterial mass, consisting principally of swollen and abnormally developed (hypertrophied) Bacterioids.
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