Across
- 3. Single-celled prokaryotes, including some that cause disease.
- 6. Tough spore that allows bacteria to withstand freezing, drying out and heating.
- 7. When a large part of the population of an area is immune to a specific disease making the spread of the disease less likely.
- 9. Bacteria develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
- 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.
- 2. A preparation of a weakened or dead form of a pathogen that causes an organism to develop immunity against the pathogen.
- 4. Proteins that speed up chemical reactions.
- 5. A virus or infection that no longer exists.
- 8. A medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth.