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- 1. General term for a drug used to treat fungal infections
- 4. The first line of non-specific immune defence
- 5. A microbial community attached to a surface and encased in matrix
- 8. A molecular test used to detect viral genetic material
- 11. The region where bacterial DNA is found
- 12. Single-celled parasites
- 14. The main structural component found in bacterial cell walls
- 17. A physical barrier of the innate immune syste
- 19. The specific acquired branch of immunity
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- 2. Objects or surfaces that transmit microbes indirectly
- 3. The antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928
- 5. Rod-shaped bacteria
- 6. The study of fungi
- 7. Antibiotics that kill bacteria
- 9. Sphere-shaped bacteria
- 10. A serious fungal bloodstream infection
- 13. Microbial components recognised by immune receptors
- 15. Population-level protection generated through vaccination
- 16. How many cardinal signs of inflammation?
- 18. Immune cells that produce antibodies