true bacteria vs actinomycete

actinomycete vs true bacteria

true bacteria and actinomycete both are nouns.

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

As nouns, actinomycete is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, actinomycete is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than true bacteria:

true bacteria: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
actinomycete: any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales

Other hyponyms of true bacteria include B, bacillus, cocci, coccus, coccobacillus, spirilla, spirillum, clostridia, clostridium, botulinum, botulinus, Clostridium botulinum, clostridium perfringens, blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, phototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteria, pseudomonad, xanthomonad, nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria, nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria, thiobacillus, spirillum, vibrio, vibrion, corynebacterium, listeria, enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric, endospore-forming bacteria, rickettsia, chlamydia, mycoplasma, actinomyces, mycobacteria, mycobacterium, gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria, lactobacillus, strep, streptococci, streptococcus, spirochaete, spirochete.

true bacteria (noun)	actinomycete (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales

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