strep vs true bacteria

strep and true bacteria both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
strep	Yes	Yes	No	No
true bacteria	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, true bacteria is a hypernym of strep; that is, true bacteria is a word with a broader meaning than strep:

strep: spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
true bacteria: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

Other hypernyms of strep include eubacteria, eubacterium.

strep (noun)	true bacteria (noun)
spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

strep (adjective)	true bacteria (adjective)
of or relating to or caused by streptococci