true bacteria vs bacterium

bacterium vs true bacteria

true bacteria and bacterium both are nouns.

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

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

true bacteria: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
bacterium: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

Other hypernyms of true bacteria include moneran, moneron, bacteria.

true bacteria (noun)	bacterium (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

Difference between true bacteria and bacterium

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