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Microbiology Word Puzzle
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3. a motorized, rotating appendage
5. caused by Helicobacter pylori bacteria
6. a virus that attacks bacteria (short name)
7. period of bacterial die-off
9. methicillin resistant Staph aureus acronym
10. _____ phase: when bacterial growth stalls
12. an early antibiotic that inhibits cell wall synthesis
14. antibiotic _____ is a result of overuse and misuse
15. period of exponential growth in a bacterial culture
16. _____ fission (name for bacterial division)
17. requires a host to replicate
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1. "Beaver Fever" organism
2. bacterial "hairs"
4. initial growth stage of bacteria
6. bacterial enzyme that destroys penicillin
8. bacterial motility when flagellum rotates clockwise
11. site of bacterial DNA
13. often slippery, slimy bacterial "overcoat"