Unit 4- Microbial Growth

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Across
  1. 5. skin)
  2. 6. grow in sugary environments
  3. 7. used by some prokaryotes to survive death phase
  4. 12. most common form of prokaryotic division
  5. 14. require lower than normal O2 levels
  6. 17. cellular division in eukaryotes
  7. 19. # of new cells = # dying
  8. 22. kills all forms of microbes
  9. 24. controls microbial growth through extreme drying
  10. 26. preserves foods by adding sugars or salts
  11. 28. most bacteria, prefer pH between 6.5 and 7.5
  12. 29. term used to describe chemicals that kill microbes
  13. 33. indirect measurement using 'cloudiness'
  14. 34. period of rapid prokaryotic growth in a culture
  15. 35. kills microbes by denaturing proteins
  16. 38. lowers microbial counts to levels safe for the general public
  17. 39. asymmetrical cell division
  18. 40. free floating (swimming) microbes
  19. 41. type
  20. 42. toxic forms of O2
  21. 43. produces many cells from a filament
Down
  1. 1. cannot grow in oxygen rich environments
  2. 2. method used to estimate the amount of bacteria in
  3. 3. moderate temperature microbes
  4. 4. require oxygen to live (ex: humans)
  5. 7. polysaccharide from seaweed used in solid media
  6. 8. complex microbial community attached to a
  7. 9. liquid samples (like drinking water)
  8. 10. encourages growth of only the desired microbes
  9. 11. allows biofilm microbes to coordinate
  10. 13. easiest and fastest way to count bacteria in a
  11. 15. protein controlling cytokinesis in binary fission
  12. 16. known to cause food spoilage in fridge
  13. 18. nutrients prepared for growing microbes
  14. 20. grow in places with a pH less than 6.5
  15. 21. produced by microorganisms that inhibits or kills bacteria
  16. 23. antimicrobial substances used on living tissues
  17. 25. extreme heat-loving microbes
  18. 27. able to tolerate some level of salt
  19. 30. microbes that live under pressure, like deep sea bacteria
  20. 31. microbes take on different appearances on this
  21. 32. molecules that activate genes with special
  22. 36. "scaffolding" of biofilms
  23. 37. period of metabolic adjustments