<microbiology> Resembling or structurally a bacterium. ... Origin: Gr. Eidos = form ... (15 Nov 1997) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
noun a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974