Across
- 5. skin)
- 6. grow in sugary environments
- 7. used by some prokaryotes to survive death phase
- 12. most common form of prokaryotic division
- 14. require lower than normal O2 levels
- 17. cellular division in eukaryotes
- 19. # of new cells = # dying
- 22. kills all forms of microbes
- 24. controls microbial growth through extreme drying
- 26. preserves foods by adding sugars or salts
- 28. most bacteria, prefer pH between 6.5 and 7.5
- 29. term used to describe chemicals that kill microbes
- 33. indirect measurement using 'cloudiness'
- 34. period of rapid prokaryotic growth in a culture
- 35. kills microbes by denaturing proteins
- 38. lowers microbial counts to levels safe for the general public
- 39. asymmetrical cell division
- 40. free floating (swimming) microbes
- 41. type
- 42. toxic forms of O2
- 43. produces many cells from a filament
Down
- 1. cannot grow in oxygen rich environments
- 2. method used to estimate the amount of bacteria in
- 3. moderate temperature microbes
- 4. require oxygen to live (ex: humans)
- 7. polysaccharide from seaweed used in solid media
- 8. complex microbial community attached to a
- 9. liquid samples (like drinking water)
- 10. encourages growth of only the desired microbes
- 11. allows biofilm microbes to coordinate
- 13. easiest and fastest way to count bacteria in a
- 15. protein controlling cytokinesis in binary fission
- 16. known to cause food spoilage in fridge
- 18. nutrients prepared for growing microbes
- 20. grow in places with a pH less than 6.5
- 21. produced by microorganisms that inhibits or kills bacteria
- 23. antimicrobial substances used on living tissues
- 25. extreme heat-loving microbes
- 27. able to tolerate some level of salt
- 30. microbes that live under pressure, like deep sea bacteria
- 31. microbes take on different appearances on this
- 32. molecules that activate genes with special
- 36. "scaffolding" of biofilms
- 37. period of metabolic adjustments