true bacteria vs spirochaete

spirochaete vs true bacteria

true bacteria and spirochaete both are nouns.

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

As nouns, spirochaete is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, spirochaete 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
spirochaete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

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, lactobacillus, strep, streptococci, streptococcus, spirochete.

true bacteria (noun)	spirochaete (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

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