バクテロイド

noun

bacteroid

A rod-shaped or filamentous bacterial cell, especially one found in root nodules of legumes or in certain anaerobic environments. Technical term used in microbiology.

• マメ科か植しょく物ぶつの根こん粒りゅうにはバクテロイドが存そん在ざいする。

  Bacteroids are present in the root nodules of leguminous plants.