Across
- 6. hardy, dormant, non-reproductive structure that enables some bacteria to survive harmful conditions
- 7. period of adjustment, enlargement, and synthesis during bacterial growth
- 11. no definite shape or size
- 12. molecule that is oxidized to produce pyruvate during the first step of respiration
- 14. incomplete oxidation of glucose or other sugars in the absence of oxygen that oxidizes NADH to NAD+
- 15. clockwise rotation of the cell
- 17. break down fatty acids joined to glycerol
- 19. transports protons using the proton motive force for the synthesis of ATP
- 23. ATP made during the conversion of an organic molecule from one form to another
- 26. gram-positive aerobic bacillus transmitted by aerosol droplets
- 29. organism that must obtain carbon in its organic form
- 31. flagella attached all the way around the cell
- 33. microorganisms that inhabit your body
- 34. periplasmic flagella or axial filament enclosed between cell wall and outer membrane
Down
- 1. reduction of nitrites to other ammonia or nitrogen gas
- 2. movement toward a stimulus
- 3. do not utilize oxygen but can withstand it to some degree
- 4. units of genetic information in the eukaryotic cell
- 5. 3-dimensional community of bacteria embedded in the extracellular matrix
- 8. long, thread-like cells found in filamentous fungi/mold
- 9. stage of bacterial growth where limiting factors intensify and cells begin to die at exponential rate
- 10. sum of all genetic material
- 13. flagella attached in bunches or tufts at one end
- 16. gram-negative opportunistic pathogen
- 18. does not require oxygen for their metabolism but will use it when available
- 20. final electron accepter in aerobic respiration
- 21. net ATP production from aerobic respiration
- 22. net movement of water from an area of low solute concentration to high solute concentration
- 24. beneficial microbes that associate with humans
- 25. capacity to cause harm
- 27. organism that uses inorganic CO2 as carbon source
- 28. portion of flagella consisting of a curved tube anchored to the cell
- 30. forms the slime layer or capsule
- 32. cofactor for many bacterial enzymes
