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rickettsia vs eubacterium

eubacterium vs rickettsia

rickettsia and eubacterium both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rickettsia Yes No No No
eubacterium Yes No No No
As nouns, eubacterium is a hypernym of rickettsia; that is, eubacterium 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
  • eubacterium: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Other hypernyms of rickettsia include eubacteria, true bacteria.
rickettsia (noun) eubacterium (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 eubacterium

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