Bacteria and Viruses Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: virus : strand of dna or rna surrounded by a layer of protein that can infect and replicate in a host cell, flagellum : long whiplike structure on bacteria, vaccine : a mixture containing material from one or more deactivated pathogens, such as viruses, pasteurization : process of heating food to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria, fission : cell division that forms two genetically identical cells, antibody : a protein that can attach to a pathogen and make it useless, endospore : forms when a bacterium builds a thick internal wall around its chromosome and part of the cytoplasm, antibiotics : medicines that stop the growth and reproduction of bacteria, conjugation : two bacteria of the same species attach to each other and combine their genetic material, bioremediation : the use of organisms, such as bacteria, to clean up environmental pollution, decomposition : the breaking down of dead organisms and organic waste, nitrogen fixation : is the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that are usable by living things, bacterium : microscopic prokaryote, pathogens : agents that cause disease