microorganisms friend and foe
Across
- 2. Single-celled microorganisms, some are beneficial, some cause diseases.
- 5. An element fixed by certain bacteria in the soil, essential for plant g 8. FUNGI: Heterotrophic organisms that include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms. (Example: Bread mould)
- 6. A single-celled fungus, used in baking and brewing.
- 8. A biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease.
- 9. Simple, typically aquatic, photosynthetic organisms. (Example: Spirogyra)
Down
- 1. A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
- 3. An organism that transmits a pathogen from an infected host to a non-infected host. (Example: Female Anopheles mosquito)
- 4. A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
- 7. A microscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. (Example: Polio, common cold)