Bacteroid

/ˈbæktəroɪd/ adjective

Resembling a bacterium in form or appearance; bacterium-like.

From bacterio- + -oid (resembling). A descriptive scientific term from the late 1800s used to describe structures that look like bacteria but may not be true bacteria.

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