Microbiology is Beautiful! Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• capnophilic: an organism which requires 5-10% carbon dioxide to grow
• faculative anaerobe: grows best in oxygen but can survive in any atmosphere
• bacteroides: the genus of the most common bacteria found in the colon
• tsi: medium which can differentiate salmonella from shigella in stool cultures
• pyocyanin: the chemical which causes pseudomonas to produce a green pigment
• coagulase: enzyme which causes 1:10 rabbit plasma to clot
• campylobacter: genus of bacteria causing traveller's diarrhea
• chocolate: agar which is used to grow most fastidious organisms
• candlejar: an alternative to using a carbon dioxide incubator
• enterococcus: a species of bacteria which is pyr positive