true bacteria vs clostridium perfringens

clostridium perfringens vs true bacteria

true bacteria and clostridium perfringens both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
true bacteria	Yes	No	No	No
clostridium perfringens	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clostridium perfringens is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, clostridium perfringens 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
clostridium perfringens: anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon

Other hyponyms of true bacteria include B, bacillus, cocci, coccus, coccobacillus, spirilla, spirillum, clostridia, clostridium, botulinum, botulinus, Clostridium botulinum, 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)	clostridium perfringens (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon

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