bacterium vs nitrobacterium

nitrobacterium vs bacterium

bacterium and nitrobacterium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bacterium	Yes	No	No	No
nitrobacterium	Yes	No	No	No

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

bacterium: (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
nitrobacterium: any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates

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

bacterium (noun)	nitrobacterium (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	any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates

Difference between bacterium and nitrobacterium

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