Bacteria in Natural Habitats

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Across
  1. 1. The zone of soils surrounding the roots of plants
  2. 3. Main function of a biofilm
  3. 6. Microbial_____________ prevents the overgrowth of harmful organisms in the body
  4. 8. When the relationship between the body and microorganism are beneficial to each other.
  5. 10. multilayer (3-D) bacterial populations embedded in a polysaccharide matrix
  6. 12. A pathogen that does not normally cause infection/disease in their normal habitat.
Down
  1. 2. Nutrient enrichment of aquatic systems is called?
  2. 4. Bacteria living in this environment are essential to life
  3. 5. Relationship between the body and its normal flora is an example of?
  4. 7. Bacillus __________ is a pathogen that survives in soil.
  5. 9. This species of bacteria produces bacteriocins in the colon of the body.
  6. 11. By drinking contaminated water you can be infected with______causing bacteria.