Infectious Disease

2. One celled prokaryotes, some of which can cause disease.
5. The complete sequence of an organism's DNA.
6. Immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in response to a pathogen
8. Free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms.
11. The manipulation of living things to make useful products.
14. A living thing that cannot be seen without a microscope.
15. A chemical produced by the immune system that destroys pathogens.
16. A technology that changes the genetic material of a living organism.
17. The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease.
18. An outbreak of a disease that affects many people in a community.

1. A weakened or dead form of a pathogen that causes an organism to develop immunity against the pathogen.
3. A disease that can be passed from one organism to another.
4. A virus that infects bacteria.
7. Using microbes to break down pollutants and toxins
9. An organism that transmits a disease.
10. A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell.
12. A pathogen that consists of a microscopic core of genetic material surrounded by a protein coating.
13. Immunity in which antibodies are given to a person rather than produced within a person's own body.