Across
- 1. This is the phase where cells are shifting their metabolism so they will be able to grow on a new medium.
- 6. What can be used to test for lyme disease?
- 8. Some bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni need reduced oxygen (5% instead of 20%). What is this termed?
- 9. What neurotoxin causes spastic contraction of muscles ("lockjaw"),
- 10. can cause otitis externa in dogs and genital tract infections in horses?
- 11. What is unique to the Gram negative cell wall?
Down
- 2. What is the process of diminishing virulence (vaccine strains)?
- 3. This phase, cell division occurs at maximum rate and cell numbers increase rapidly.
- 4. This is the process by which DNA (plasmids) are transferred from a donor to a recipient.
- 5. This process refers to acquisition of naked DNA from the immediate environment.
- 7. What bacteria show bipolar staining?