How many syllables in rhizobium?

There are 4 syllables in the word rhizobium.

How to pronounce rhizobium:

rhizobium (noun):: noun. the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen.; any of a genus (rhizobium) of small heterotrophic soil bacteria capable of forming symbiotic nodules on the roots of leguminous plants and of there becoming bacteroids that fix atmospheric nitrogen

family rhizobiaceae

genus rhizobium

rhizobiaceae

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