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rickettsia vs eubacteria

eubacteria vs rickettsia

rickettsia and eubacteria both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rickettsia Yes No No No
eubacteria Yes No No No
As nouns, eubacteria is a hypernym of rickettsia; that is, eubacteria is a word with a broader meaning than rickettsia:
  • rickettsia: any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
  • eubacteria: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Other hypernyms of rickettsia include eubacterium, true bacteria.
rickettsia (noun) eubacteria (noun)
any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Difference between rickettsia and eubacteria

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