Across
- 2. Concept that life arises from pre-existing life.
- 5. Photosynthetic eukaryotes; major oxygen producers.
- 8. Eukaryotic microbes with chitin in their cell wall.
- 9. Theory that life can originate from non-living matter.
- 11. Organelle that houses DNA in eukaryotes.
- 13. Enzyme that breaks down bacterial cell walls.
- 16. Short, numerous structures for movement in eukaryotes.
- 17. Protein coat surrounding viral genetic material.
- 20. Animal-like unicellular eukaryotes; often motile.
- 23. Process of endospore formation.
- 25. Structural polysaccharide found in fungal walls.
- 27. Main component of plant and some algal cell walls.
- 28. Domain containing organisms with nuclei and organelles.
- 29. Anaerobic process converting sugar to alcohol.
- 30. Chemical that inhibits or kills microbes.
- 33. Prokaryotes lacking peptidoglycan; often extremophiles.
- 34. Study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
- 36. Flagella distributed all over the bacterial surface.
- 37. Bacteria lacking a cell wall.
- 39. Refers to generation of life from non-living matter.
Down
- 1. Spherical shaped bacteria.
- 3. Rod-shaped bacteria.
- 4. Used for DNA transfer between bacterial cells.
- 6. Heating method to reduce pathogens in food.
- 7. Main component of bacterial cell walls.
- 10. Dormant, resistant structure for survival in harsh conditions.
- 12. Scientist who developed postulates to link microbes with disease.
- 14. Site of protein synthesis in cells.
- 15. Organism thriving in high salt environments.
- 18. Rigid spiral-shaped bacteria.
- 19. Bacterium with a single flagellum.
- 20. Microbe that causes disease.
- 21. Acellular microbe needing a host to reproduce.
- 22. Hair-like appendages used for adhesion.
- 24. Archaea that produces methane under anaerobic conditions.
- 26. Tail-like structure for bacterial motility.
- 31. Method to induce immunity using weakened microbes.
- 32. Single-celled prokaryotes with peptidoglycan in their cell wall.
- 35. Heat-loving microbe.
- 38. A bacterial cell without its cell wall.