Across
- 4. - the way bacteria or diseases spread from one animal or person to another
- 6. - small pieces of DNA that bacteria share to spread resistance
- 8. GENE - a gene in bacteria that provides the ability to survive antibiotics
- 9. - a protective layer created by bacteria, making them harder to kill
- 11. TRANSFER - bacteria passing genes (like resistance) directly to other bacteria
- 13. - resistance to one antibiotic that causes resistance to another related antibiotic
- 15. - how a drug moves through and is processed by an animal's body
Down
- 1. - a germ that causes disease
- 2. - a medicine used to kill or stop the growth of bactertia
- 3. - when harmful bacteria or viruses invade an animal's body
- 5. - easily affected or killed by antibiotics
- 7. - a substance that kills or stops the growth of different germs like bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
- 10. - when bacteria no longer respond to medicines that use to kill them
- 12. - tiny living things that can cause diseases or be helpful in animals
- 14. - a bacterial mechanism that pumps antibiotics out of the cell to avoid killing