Microbiology Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A type of immunity that occurs when the vaccination of a significant portion of a population provides a measure of protection for individuals who have not developed immunity
  2. 4. an outbreak or high occurrence of a disease that spreads rapidly and widely in a population or area
  3. 8. makes own food; aka producer
  4. 12. prokaryote often miscalled blue-green algae
  5. 14. an epidemic that covers a vast geological reigion
  6. 17. the area of the chromosome; typically a single circular chromosome
  7. 18. nutrition
  8. 19. organism that makes food through photosynthesis, but also relied on obtaining food from another source, produces and consumes
  9. 20. nucleus
  10. 21. A disease causing agent such as a virus
  11. 25. The study of the cause, control, and distribution of disease
  12. 26. gets food from another source; aka consumer
  13. 28. true or good
  14. 29. Deactivated, not killed, virulent part of the is decommissioned, greatest immune response
  15. 30. asexual reproduction of bacteria (cloning method)
  16. 32. Foreign body
  17. 33. cells with a defined nucleas
  18. 36. dormant, tough non-reproductive structure produced by some Gram + bacteria
  19. 37. loop or circular piece of DNA that replicated within bacteria independently
  20. 39. self
Down
  1. 2. found in the intestine
  2. 3. chains of
  3. 5. toxin/poison {PROTEIN} released during binary fission or cell death
  4. 6. virus that attacks only bacteria
  5. 7. needs oxygen to survive
  6. 9. breaks apart
  7. 10. clumps or clusters of
  8. 11. lives off of dead matter; aka decomposer
  9. 12. sexual reproduction in bacteria; transfer genetic material in the form of a plasmid from one to another
  10. 13. does not need oxygen to survive, but can tolerate it
  11. 15. is killed by oxygen
  12. 16. Any agent that carries or transports disease
  13. 22. common to a specific region or group of people
  14. 23. long-term host of a pathogen; often does not get disease OR infection is non-lethal
  15. 24. A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
  16. 27. {LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE} found in the cell wall and released as cell lyse
  17. 31. protein extension of many bacteria
  18. 34. protective layer surrounding the cell wall of some bacteria
  19. 35. other or different
  20. 38. decay