ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

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Across
  1. 4. - the way bacteria or diseases spread from one animal or person to another
  2. 6. - small pieces of DNA that bacteria share to spread resistance
  3. 8. GENE - a gene in bacteria that provides the ability to survive antibiotics
  4. 9. - a protective layer created by bacteria, making them harder to kill
  5. 11. TRANSFER - bacteria passing genes (like resistance) directly to other bacteria
  6. 13. - resistance to one antibiotic that causes resistance to another related antibiotic
  7. 15. - how a drug moves through and is processed by an animal's body
Down
  1. 1. - a germ that causes disease
  2. 2. - a medicine used to kill or stop the growth of bactertia
  3. 3. - when harmful bacteria or viruses invade an animal's body
  4. 5. - easily affected or killed by antibiotics
  5. 7. - a substance that kills or stops the growth of different germs like bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
  6. 10. - when bacteria no longer respond to medicines that use to kill them
  7. 12. - tiny living things that can cause diseases or be helpful in animals
  8. 14. - a bacterial mechanism that pumps antibiotics out of the cell to avoid killing