Biology Words

1. A jelly extracted from seaweed, it may contain nutrients needed by microbes
2. An organism (micro organism) that causes disease
4. Completely free from microbes
6. Not visible to the naked eye, only through a microscope
9. The breakdown of large food particles into smaller ones that can be dissolved
11. A carrier that transmits disease form one organism to another
12. Organism that feeds on a living host causing it harm

1. A substance that kills microbes
3. Thread like structure, part of a fungus that grows and feeds, and may eventually produce a fruiting body
5. body The part of a fungus that produces spores for reproduction
6. Unit of length. 1 micrometer is a thousandth of a millimeter
7. Grow microbes in a petri dish containing agar or broth
8. A liquid containing water and food for microbes
10. An organism in or on which a parasites lives
13. Dissolves (usually in water)