Across
- 1. Pressure affecting water movement across microbial membranes
- 5. Material on which microbes grow and metabolize
- 7. Harmful substance sometimes produced by microbes
- 9. Microbe that prefers low pH conditions
- 10. Key factor influencing microbial growth rate
- 11. Environmental factor critical for barophiles
- 13. Physical factor that can damage microbial DNA
- 14. Catalyst produced by microbes for biochemical reactions
- 15. Essential electron acceptor for aerobic microbes
- 16. Microbe adapted to high hydrostatic pressure
- 18. Energy source for photosynthetic microbes
- 19. Microbe that grows without oxygen
Down
- 2. Availability of water, crucial for microbial activity
- 3. Element essential as the backbone of microbial life
- 4. Microbe that grows best at high pH
- 6. Microbe that thrives in high salt concentrations
- 8. Substances required by microbes for energy and growth
- 10. Microbe that grows optimally at high temperatures
- 12. Microbe adapted to cold environments
- 17. Measure of acidity or alkalinity in microbial environments