Bacteria

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Across
  1. 2. spin similar to motorboat propeller
  2. 4. cells arranged in clusters
  3. 6. cells arranged in pairs
  4. 7. thick coat of sugars
  5. 8. a process in which a bacterial cell takes in and uses pieces of DNA from its environment
  6. 9. a form of sexual reproduction in which two cells join to exchange genetic information
  7. 12. chemical compounds that kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria
  8. 16. rod-shaped bacterial cell
  9. 17. uses sunlight to make food
  10. 18. Uses energy released from chemical reactions
  11. 19. Antibiotic _____ occurs when odd bacteria mutating create super bacteria resistant to antibiotics
  12. 20. a dormant structure that forms inside certain bacteria in response to stress; protects the cell's chromosome from damage
Down
  1. 1. bacteria stream cytoplasm in cellular extensions in the direction they want
  2. 3. cells arranged in chains
  3. 5. move uniformly in one direction like ores
  4. 7. takes food from environment, by eating other organisms or by using sunlight
  5. 10. spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacterial cell
  6. 11. round bacterial cell
  7. 13. takes up food from the environment or by eating other organisms
  8. 14. Fission the division of one parent cell into two genetically identical daughter cells; a form of asexual reproduction
  9. 15. a small loop of DNA often found in prokaryotic cells; usually contains a small number of genes