Across
- 1. cell division that forms two genetically identical cells
- 6. microscope prokaryote
- 7. medicine that stops the growth and reproduction of bacteria
- 9. strand of DNA or Rna surrounded by a protein layer that can infect and replicate in a host cell
- 11. process in which two bacteria of the same species attach to each other and share genetic material
- 12. breakdown of dead organisms and organic waste
- 13. ability of an organism to resist a virus or infection
- 14. form of bacterium that has a thick internal wall around its chromosome and part of the cytoplasm
Down
- 1. long whiplike straucture that helps some bacterica move
- 2. use of organisms to clean up environmental pollution
- 3. process of heating food to a tempurature that kills most harnful bacteria
- 4. change in DNA or RNA
- 5. capacity of an organism to defend itself against disease
- 7. protein that can attach to a pathogen and make it useless
- 8. agent that causes disease
- 10. mixture containing material from one or more deactivated pathogens
