Bacteroid and Bacterium

Bacteroid noun - A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants).

Bacterium and bacteroid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bacterium" instead a noun "Bacteroid".

Bacterium noun - (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.

Bacteroid and bacterium are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Bacteroid" with "Bacterium", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Word: bacterial