Vocabulary

3. Spiral shaped bacteria
5. consists of a wide variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms, in the gut
8. Small single-celled organism
10. an infectious microbe consisting of a segment of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coat
11. No Oxygen
13. Rod-shaped bacteria
14. Technique used to classify bacteria into groups
16. Community of microorganisms

1. on-digestible food ingredients that selectively stimulate the growth
2. live microorganisms that are intended to have health benefits when consumed or applied to the body
4. Round or spherically-shaped bacteria
6. Disease causing microorganism
7. Small hairlike projection that allow bacteria to attach to other cells
9. Free Oxygen
12. Way in which organisms gain access to the body
15. Microscopic organisms