Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Concept that life arises from pre-existing life.
  2. 5. Photosynthetic eukaryotes; major oxygen producers.
  3. 8. Eukaryotic microbes with chitin in their cell wall.
  4. 9. Theory that life can originate from non-living matter.
  5. 11. Organelle that houses DNA in eukaryotes.
  6. 13. Enzyme that breaks down bacterial cell walls.
  7. 16. Short, numerous structures for movement in eukaryotes.
  8. 17. Protein coat surrounding viral genetic material.
  9. 20. Animal-like unicellular eukaryotes; often motile.
  10. 23. Process of endospore formation.
  11. 25. Structural polysaccharide found in fungal walls.
  12. 27. Main component of plant and some algal cell walls.
  13. 28. Domain containing organisms with nuclei and organelles.
  14. 29. Anaerobic process converting sugar to alcohol.
  15. 30. Chemical that inhibits or kills microbes.
  16. 33. Prokaryotes lacking peptidoglycan; often extremophiles.
  17. 34. Study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
  18. 36. Flagella distributed all over the bacterial surface.
  19. 37. Bacteria lacking a cell wall.
  20. 39. Refers to generation of life from non-living matter.
Down
  1. 1. Spherical shaped bacteria.
  2. 3. Rod-shaped bacteria.
  3. 4. Used for DNA transfer between bacterial cells.
  4. 6. Heating method to reduce pathogens in food.
  5. 7. Main component of bacterial cell walls.
  6. 10. Dormant, resistant structure for survival in harsh conditions.
  7. 12. Scientist who developed postulates to link microbes with disease.
  8. 14. Site of protein synthesis in cells.
  9. 15. Organism thriving in high salt environments.
  10. 18. Rigid spiral-shaped bacteria.
  11. 19. Bacterium with a single flagellum.
  12. 20. Microbe that causes disease.
  13. 21. Acellular microbe needing a host to reproduce.
  14. 22. Hair-like appendages used for adhesion.
  15. 24. Archaea that produces methane under anaerobic conditions.
  16. 26. Tail-like structure for bacterial motility.
  17. 31. Method to induce immunity using weakened microbes.
  18. 32. Single-celled prokaryotes with peptidoglycan in their cell wall.
  19. 35. Heat-loving microbe.
  20. 38. A bacterial cell without its cell wall.