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- 2. Pox It is a disease which has now been completely eradicated from the world due to Dr. Edward Jenner's discovery.
- 5. It is a bacterium that helps in formation of curd.
- 7. An anaerobic process through which sugars/carbohydrates are converted into alcohol/acids and carbon dioxide by microorganisms like yeast.
- 8. Notatum The fungus from which the first antibiotic medicine was obtained.
- 9. They are chemicals that inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms by affecting their life processes.
- 10. The natural ability of an organism to have an inbuilt mechanism to resist, and destroy, the infection that some microorganims may cause.
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- 1. A bacteria that lives in symbiotic relationship with the roots of leguminous plants and helps it in nitrogen fixation.
- 3. Proteins produced by special kind of blood cells to identify and destroy microbes, like bacteria, viruses, etc.
- 4. A suspension of killed, or weakened, microorganisms, administered to increase protection against a disease.
- 6. Some bacteria are used in the biological treatment of sewage and industrial waste, called effluent. This process is called _________________.