bacteria vs probiotic bacterium

probiotic bacterium vs bacteria

bacteria and probiotic bacterium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bacteria	Yes	No	No	No
probiotic bacterium	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, probiotic bacterium is a hyponym of bacteria; that is, probiotic bacterium is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bacteria:

bacteria: (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
probiotic bacterium: a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant

Other hyponyms of bacteria include acidophil, acidophile, probiotic, probiotic flora, probiotic microflora, bacteroid, eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria, Calymmatobacterium, genus Calymmatobacterium, Francisella, genus Francisella, gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, legionella, Legionella pneumophilia, nitrobacterium, penicillin-resistant bacteria, pus-forming bacteria, rod, diplococcus, superbug.

bacteria (noun)	probiotic 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	a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant

Difference between bacteria and probiotic bacterium

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