true bacteria vs botulinum

botulinum vs true bacteria

true bacteria and botulinum both are nouns.

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

As nouns, botulinum is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, botulinum 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
botulinum: anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism

Other hyponyms of true bacteria include B, bacillus, cocci, coccus, coccobacillus, spirilla, spirillum, clostridia, clostridium, 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, actinomycete, actinomyces, mycobacteria, mycobacterium, gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria, lactobacillus, strep, streptococci, streptococcus, spirochaete, spirochete.

true bacteria (noun)	botulinum (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism

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