MICROBIOLOGY TERMINOLOGY

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Across
  1. 2. a virus that causes infections in humans such as herpes, chickenpox measles
  2. 5. through the skin, such as a needle stick, a cut or a human bite
  3. 8. pertaining microorganisms that do not produce disease
  4. 11. bacteria that require oxygen to grow
  5. 12. ultramicroscopic infectious agents that contain DNA OR RNA
  6. 13. disease-producing microorganisms
  7. 15. spherical bacterial cells that reproduce by dividing into two
  8. 17. spiral shaped bacteria
  9. 18. rod-shaped bacteria that cause tuberculosis and other diseases
  10. 19. plants, such as mushrooms, yeast and molds that lack chlorophyll
  11. 20. infectious particles of proteins that lack nucleic acids
  12. 21. cocci that form irregular groups or clusters
  13. 22. single-celled microscopic animals without a rigid cell wall
  14. 24. a yeast commonly found in the oral cavity
Down
  1. 1. capable of causing serious disease
  2. 3. candida yeast infection of the oral mucosa
  3. 4. a painless ulcerating sore
  4. 6. bacteria that grow in the absence of oxygen and are destroyed by oxygen
  5. 7. a resistant, dormant structure formed inside of some bacteria that can withstand adverse conditions
  6. 9. four-step staining process developed by Hans C Gram and used to separate bacteria into groups
  7. 10. the study of microorganisms
  8. 13. a condition that occurs throughout the people of a country or the world
  9. 14. cocci that form chains as they divide
  10. 16. virus that is hidden during the latency period
  11. 23. dormant