Microbiology Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. A type of immunity that occurs when the vaccination of a significant portion of a population provides a measure of protection for individuals who have not developed immunity
  2. 8. chains of
  3. 10. dormant, tough non-reproductive structure produced by some Gram + bacteria
  4. 11. clumps or clusters of
  5. 12. cells with a defined nucleas
  6. 13. long-term host of a pathogen; often does not get disease OR infection is non-lethal
  7. 14. virus that attacks only bacteria
  8. 17. does not need oxygen to survive, but can tolerate it
  9. 19. asexual reproduction of bacteria (cloning method)
  10. 22. The study of the cause, control, and distribution of disease
  11. 23. Foreign body
  12. 25. common to a specific region or group of people
  13. 26. Deactivated, not killed, virulent part of the is decommissioned, greatest immune response
  14. 29. breaks apart
  15. 30. self
  16. 31. lives off of dead matter; aka decomposer
  17. 33. other or different
  18. 35. toxin/poison {PROTEIN} released during binary fission or cell death
  19. 36. an epidemic that covers a vast geological reigion
  20. 37. nutrition
Down
  1. 1. loop or circular piece of DNA that replicated within bacteria independently
  2. 2. A disease causing agent such as a virus
  3. 3. needs oxygen to survive
  4. 5. is killed by oxygen
  5. 6. prokaryote often miscalled blue-green algae
  6. 7. gets food from another source; aka consumer
  7. 9. organism that makes food through photosynthesis, but also relied on obtaining food from another source, produces and consumes
  8. 15. Any agent that carries or transports disease
  9. 16. decay
  10. 18. protective layer surrounding the cell wall of some bacteria
  11. 20. the area of the chromosome; typically a single circular chromosome
  12. 21. sexual reproduction in bacteria; transfer genetic material in the form of a plasmid from one to another
  13. 24. found in the intestine
  14. 25. {LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE} found in the cell wall and released as cell lyse
  15. 26. makes own food; aka producer
  16. 27. an outbreak or high occurrence of a disease that spreads rapidly and widely in a population or area
  17. 28. nucleus
  18. 32. A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
  19. 34. true or good
  20. 36. protein extension of many bacteria