Definition of Bacteroid. Meaning of Bacteroid. Synonyms of Bacteroid

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Definition of Bacteroid

Bacteroid
Bacteroid Bac"te*roid, Bacteroidal Bac`te*roid"al, a. [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Meaning of Bacteroid from wikipedia

- Bacteroid may refer to: Bacteroides, a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria Bacteroid a differentiated symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria...
- as a breakdown product of sucrose is the direct carbon source for the bacteroid. Nitrogen fixation in the nodule is very oxygen sensitive. Legume nodules...
- symbiosis. This high magnification image shows part of a cell with single bacteroid (bacterium-like cell or modified bacterial cell) within their symbiosomes...
- rhizobium that differentiates into a bacteroid. However, in some cases a symbiosome may house several bacteroids. The symbiosome membrane, or peribacteroid...
- legume, SNF takes place in specialized organs called nodules which contain bacteroids, or nitrogen fixing rhizobia. The induction of nodule-specific plant genes...
- "competitive nodulation, nodule development, intracellular infection, and bacteroid persistence". As much as 60% of the nitrogen found in Mimosa pudica can...
- The Bacteroid-trp RNA motif is a conserved RNA element detected by bioinformatics. It is found in the phylum Bacteroidota in the apparent 5' untranslated...
- emergence. Inside the nodule, the bacteria differentiate morphologically into bacteroids and fix atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium using the enzyme nitrogenase...
- symbiosis. This high-magnification image shows part of a cell with single bacteroids within their host plant. In this image, endoplasmic reticulum, dictysome...
- Brevundimonas halotolerans is a Gram-negative and bacteroid-shaped bacterium from the genus of Brevundimonas which has been isolated from brackish water...