The Role of Microbes in Our Bodies and Environment

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Across
  1. 2. The collective genome of microorganisms inhabiting a specific environment, especially the body, influencing health and disease.
  2. 4. Relating to the cycle in which chemical elements and simple substances are transferred between living systems and the environment.
  3. 7. Microscopic organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, which can have beneficial or harmful effects on hosts and ecosystems.
  4. 9. An imbalance or maladaptation in the microbial composition and functions in a particular environment within the body.
  5. 15. Causing or capable of causing disease.
Down
  1. 1. Mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
  2. 3. To cause or accelerate a reaction by acting as a catalyst.
  3. 5. Present everywhere at the same time, often used to characterize a pervasive phenomenon or influence.
  4. 6. Impossible to subdue or defeat; unconquerable.
  5. 8. Capable of being assimilated, absorbed, or incorporated.
  6. 10. The action of taking forcible possession of something; confiscation, or in environmental science, the long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to mitigate global warming.
  7. 11. A close, interactive relationship between two different biological organisms, often benefiting both.
  8. 12. Found everywhere; widespread.
  9. 13. Relating to a person's body, especially as opposed to their spirit.
  10. 14. A very steep rock face or cliff, or metaphorically, a point where danger, trouble, or difficulty begins.