bacteroid

nouns

a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
bacteroid
is derived from
bacteroidal
is a type of (narrower)
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
bacteria, bacterium

adjectives

resembling bacteria
bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroid, bacteroidal
pertains to
bacteria