Across
- 4. Chemical substance that kills or inhibits microbes
- 6. Protective outer covering of bacteria
- 7. Poisonous substance produced by microorganisms
- 8. Organism that lives in or on a host, harming it
- 11. Disease-causing microorganism
- 13. Asexual reproduction in prokaryotes
- 15. Complete set of genetic material
- 16. Single-celled eukaryotes, often motile
- 20. Structural layer surrounding some cells
- 21. Method to amplify DNA in vitro
- 22. Eukaryotic organisms such as yeasts and molds
- 23. Dormant, resistant bacterial cell form
- 24. Region of prokaryotic cell containing DNA
Down
- 1. Small circular DNA molecule in bacteria
- 2. Domain of life distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes
- 3. Community of microbes encased in a protective matrix
- 5. Growth of microbes under controlled conditions
- 9. Process of eliminating all microbes
- 10. Toxic component of gram-negative bacterial cell walls
- 12. Microscopic prokaryotes with peptidoglycan cell walls
- 14. DNA exchange through direct cell-to-cell contact
- 17. Site of protein synthesis
- 18. Non-cellular infectious agent requiring host machinery
- 19. Whip-like structure for motility
- 21. Infectious misfolded protein