true bacteria vs listeria

listeria vs true bacteria

true bacteria and listeria both are nouns.

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

As nouns, listeria is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, listeria 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
listeria: any species of the genus Listeria

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, 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)	listeria (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	any species of the genus Listeria

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