BN1 Microbiology Revision

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Across
  1. 1. General term for a drug used to treat fungal infections
  2. 4. The first line of non-specific immune defence
  3. 5. A microbial community attached to a surface and encased in matrix
  4. 8. A molecular test used to detect viral genetic material
  5. 11. The region where bacterial DNA is found
  6. 12. Single-celled parasites
  7. 14. The main structural component found in bacterial cell walls
  8. 17. A physical barrier of the innate immune syste
  9. 19. The specific acquired branch of immunity
Down
  1. 2. Objects or surfaces that transmit microbes indirectly
  2. 3. The antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928
  3. 5. Rod-shaped bacteria
  4. 6. The study of fungi
  5. 7. Antibiotics that kill bacteria
  6. 9. Sphere-shaped bacteria
  7. 10. A serious fungal bloodstream infection
  8. 13. Microbial components recognised by immune receptors
  9. 15. Population-level protection generated through vaccination
  10. 16. How many cardinal signs of inflammation?
  11. 18. Immune cells that produce antibodies