true bacteria vs lactobacillus

lactobacillus vs true bacteria

true bacteria and lactobacillus both are nouns.

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

As nouns, lactobacillus is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, lactobacillus 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
lactobacillus: a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk)

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, actinomycete, actinomyces, mycobacteria, mycobacterium, gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria, strep, streptococci, streptococcus, spirochaete, spirochete.

true bacteria (noun)	lactobacillus (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk)

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