Common Microbiology Terms

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Across
  1. 2. the store of genetic information inside living cells and many viruses
  2. 5. degree or intensity of pathogenicity of an organism
  3. 6. substance, when introduced into the body, stimulates the production of antibodies
  4. 7. virus, bacteria, or other agents that cause disease
  5. 9. The basic unit of all living things
  6. 10. control centre of the cell containing chromosomes
Down
  1. 1. A prokaryotic, single celled organism
  2. 3. The conversion of organic compounds such as carbohydrate into simpler substances by microbes
  3. 4. A protein that speeds up the rate at which it takes place within cells
  4. 6. organisms that grow in the presence of oxygen
  5. 8. A cell that is infected by a virus or another type of micro-organism