Crossword Puzzle: Role of Microorganisms

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Across
  1. 2. Pox It is a disease which has now been completely eradicated from the world due to Dr. Edward Jenner's discovery.
  2. 5. It is a bacterium that helps in formation of curd.
  3. 7. An anaerobic process through which sugars/carbohydrates are converted into alcohol/acids and carbon dioxide by microorganisms like yeast.
  4. 8. Notatum The fungus from which the first antibiotic medicine was obtained.
  5. 9. They are chemicals that inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms by affecting their life processes.
  6. 10. The natural ability of an organism to have an inbuilt mechanism to resist, and destroy, the infection that some microorganims may cause.
Down
  1. 1. A bacteria that lives in symbiotic relationship with the roots of leguminous plants and helps it in nitrogen fixation.
  2. 3. Proteins produced by special kind of blood cells to identify and destroy microbes, like bacteria, viruses, etc.
  3. 4. A suspension of killed, or weakened, microorganisms, administered to increase protection against a disease.
  4. 6. Some bacteria are used in the biological treatment of sewage and industrial waste, called effluent. This process is called _________________.