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rickettsia vs true bacteria

true bacteria vs rickettsia

rickettsia and true bacteria both are nouns.

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

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