Microplastics and Fungi

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Across
  1. 7. Plastic particles under 1 μm in size
  2. 9. International spread of the chytrid fungus has been through amphibian________
  3. 11. Disease linked to microplastics in cerebrovascular walls
  4. 13. Plastic pieces under 5 mm in size
  5. 14. Disease caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
  6. 15. Harmful microbes, some antibiotic-resistant, that increase due to microplastics
Down
  1. 1. The Bd fungus produces a _____________to grow intracellularly
  2. 2. Microbial communities that live on plastic debris
  3. 3. Disease caused by Bd was first observed in this country in the 1990s
  4. 4. Bd emerged (endemic) to this Asian country
  5. 5. Bd disrupts cutaneous function, causing an _________________imbalance and cardiac arrest
  6. 6. Human organ where microplastics were found in post-mortem studies
  7. 8. Chytrids (Bd) infect the ___________of amphibians
  8. 10. Most prevalent microplastic detected in human tissues
  9. 12. Life cycle stage where Bd has a flagella and swims