Microbial Growth Crossword
Across
- 3. have an optimal growth of 15 degrees
- 4. most important environmental factor affecting the growth of bacteria
- 7. have a specific life span
- 10. pattern of population increase where the number of cells double during a constant time interval
- 13. sugar-loving organisms
- 14. cell division apparatus
- 16. salt-loving organisms
- 17. does not have MreB
- 18. extreme hot or cold environments
- 19. does not require oxygen to survive
- 20. stage at which binary fission is balanced by death
Down
- 1. with midrange temperature optima
- 2. tolerate oxygen but cannot use it
- 5. estimate cell numbers
- 6. requires very low level of oxygen
- 8. stage at which the number of bacteria is the same over time
- 9. stage at which binary fission is no longer active
- 11. stage at which there is an exponential increase in the number of cells
- 12. grow best in very dry environments
- 15. increase in the number of cells in a population