Microbiology Key Terms

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Across
  1. 3. / a close, long-term relationship between two species
  2. 5. / a kingdom that contains prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments and lack some compounds found in the cell walls of eubacteria
  3. 6. / a type of sexual reproduction in many unicellular and colonial organisms for the purpose of exchanging portions of their genetic material
  4. 8. / a kingdom that contains organisms that produce spores, lack chlorophyll, have cell walls, and obtain nourishment by absorption
  5. 9. / a microscopic, unicellular, prokaryotic organism in kingdom eubacteria or archaebacteria
  6. 12. / a diverse kingdom that contains organisms that can move, obtain food, and reproduce in a variety of ways
  7. 14. / a type of asexual reproduction caused by a physical disturbance that breaks a colonial organism
Down
  1. 1. / the slender filaments of a fungus that secrete enzymes for use in external digestion
  2. 2. / a fungus and alga that live together symbiotically for mutual benefit and appear as a single organism
  3. 4. / microscopic organisms, primarily protozoans and algae, that float near the oceans surface and are a key food source
  4. 5. / a kingdom that contains the majority of prokaryotic organisms
  5. 7. / a method of asexual reproduction seen in bacteria in which the genetic material is replicated and the cell splits in two
  6. 10. / an animal-like organism in the kingdom protista that usually can move and does not perform photosynthesis
  7. 11. / the plant-like organisms in kingdom protista that can perform photosynthesis and are usually unable to move themselves
  8. 13. / a nonliving structure, made of a strand of DNA or RNA and surrounded by a protein coat, that replicates itself inside a host