Across
- 2. Tough spore that allows bacteria to withstand freezing, drying out and heating.
- 5. A preparation of a form of a pathogen that causes an organism to develop immunity against the pathogen.
- 7. Temporarily inactive.
- 10. A type of asexual reproduction, where one cell produces two identical daughter cells.
Down
- 1. The process by which bacteria transfer genetic material to one another through direct contact.
- 3. single celled prokaryotes including some that cause disease
- 4. resistance Bacteria develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
- 6. A medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth.
- 8. Proteins that speed up chemical reactions. That can help build up or break down compounds.
- 9. An infectious microbe consisting of a segment of either DNA or RNA