Microbes and Fungi Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: binaryfission : type of asexual reproduction in bacteria where a cell splits in half, lichen : an association between a fungus and a bacteria or alga, plasmid : type of bacterial dna that carry genes for specific functions, parasite : organism that lives on or in another and feeds on it, conjugation : transfer of plasmid dna from one bacterial cell to an adjacent bacterial cell, transduction : transfer of a segment of dna from a bacteriophage to a bacterial cell, extremophiles : most archaea like to live in very hot, very salty, and/or very low oxygen conditions, making them _ , biofilm : a gummy and gooey microbial community, mycellium : a mass of fungal hyphae, anoxic : an environment that lacks oxygen, nucleus : archae are not classified as eukarya becasue their cells lack a, malaria : a disease caused by protists, transferred by a mosquito, bacteria : e. coli is an example of a _ that lives int eh human digestive system, phototroph : organism that uses energy from the sun, mychorriza : mutualistic relationship between fungus and plant roots, phagocytosis : feeding mechanism of protists that involves "funneling" food into the cell in a vacuole and digesting the food, hypha : a filament of a fungus (may be one or more cells), probiotics : beneficial bacteria that live in the intestinal organs, commensalism : symbiotic relationship between organisms that both benefit, chemolithotrophs : bacteria that metabolize inorganic compounds, transformation : transfer of a segment of dna from the environment to a bacterial cell