true bacteria vs streptococci

streptococci vs true bacteria

true bacteria and streptococci both are nouns.

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

As nouns, streptococci is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, streptococci 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
streptococci: spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis

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, streptococcus, spirochaete, spirochete.

true bacteria (noun)	streptococci (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis

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