true bacteria vs spirochete

spirochete vs true bacteria

true bacteria and spirochete both are nouns.

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

As nouns, spirochete is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, spirochete 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
spirochete: 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, spirochaete.

true bacteria (noun)	spirochete (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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