Microbiology Parasitology Crossword Puzzle

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PATHOGEN : What do we call a microorganism that causes disease?
PARASITE : What do we call an organism that lives on or in a host and harms it?
HOST : What term refers to the organism that harbors a parasite?
VECTOR : What do we call an organism that transmits pathogens from one host to another?
CYST : What structure allows protozoa to survive outside the host?
TROPHOZOITE : What is the active, feeding stage of protozoa?
HELMINTH : What term refers to parasitic worms such as roundworms or tapeworms?
COMMENSAL : What do we call a microorganism that benefits without harming the host?
MUTUALISM : What type of relationship benefits both organisms involved?
SAPROPHYTE : What do we call an organism that feeds on dead organic matter?
ENDOSPORE : What resistant structure allows bacteria to survive harsh conditions?
PROTOZOA : What group of single-celled eukaryotes includes amoebas and flagellates?
ARTHROPOD : What group of animals includes insects and ticks that can act as vectors?
ECTOPARASITE : What do we call parasites that live on the surface of the host?
ENDOPARASITE : What do we call parasites that live inside the host’s body?
VIRULENCE : What term refers to the degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism?
RESERVOIR : What do we call the natural habitat where a pathogen normally lives and multiplies?
ZOONOSIS : What term refers to diseases transmitted from animals to humans?
MICROBIOTA : What do we call the community of microorganisms living in or on the human body?
ANTIGEN : What substance triggers an immune response in the host?

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QUESTIONS LIST:

pathogen : what do we call a microorganism that causes disease?
parasite : what do we call an organism that lives on or in a host and harms it?
host : what term refers to the organism that harbors a parasite?
vector : what do we call an organism that transmits pathogens from one host to another?
cyst : what structure allows protozoa to survive outside the host?
trophozoite : what is the active, feeding stage of protozoa?
helminth : what term refers to parasitic worms such as roundworms or tapeworms?
commensal : what do we call a microorganism that benefits without harming the host?
mutualism : what type of relationship benefits both organisms involved?
saprophyte : what do we call an organism that feeds on dead organic matter?
endospore : what resistant structure allows bacteria to survive harsh conditions?
protozoa : what group of single-celled eukaryotes includes amoebas and flagellates?
arthropod : what group of animals includes insects and ticks that can act as vectors?
ectoparasite : what do we call parasites that live on the surface of the host?
endoparasite : what do we call parasites that live inside the host’s body?
virulence : what term refers to the degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism?
reservoir : what do we call the natural habitat where a pathogen normally lives and multiplies?
zoonosis : what term refers to diseases transmitted from animals to humans?
microbiota : what do we call the community of microorganisms living in or on the human body?
antigen : what substance triggers an immune response in the host?