ORGANIC MACROMOLECULES / BACTERIAL GROWTH, NUTRITION & DIFFERENTIATION Crossword

Lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids are the four major biological ___________________.
Derives energy from light.
The major ___________ in cell macromolecules include CARBON, OXYGEN, HYDROGEN, and NITROGEN.
Derives energy from chemical compounds.
Nitrogen is removed from air and converted to ammonia; the ammonia is converted to nitrate; Nitrogen is removed from nitrate and converted to Nitrogen gas. (2 words)
Carbon dioxide is the carbon source.
Organic compounds are the carbon source.
Denitrifying ___________ convert NO3 to N2.
The series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment among all living things. (2 words)
Nitrogen - __________ bacteria convert N2 to NH4.
Nitrogen-fixing plant symbiont that forms bacteria-filled nodules on roots.
Reproductive strategy of most bacteria. (2 words)
Rare form of reproduction in which live offspring emerge from the body of the dead mother cell. Epulopiscium spp. is the only known bacterial example.
These bacteria convert NH4 to NO3.
Organism lives in extreme enviroments.
In addition to carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen – phosphorus and _________ are key elements that contribute to forming proteins, DNA, RNA, ATP and membranes.
Organism lives in cold environments.
Most bacteria divide by ________________, where one parent cell splits into two identical daughter cells. (2 words)
Organism lives in moderate environments.
Elements found in small amounts that usually act as enzyme cofactors.
Organism lives in hot environments.
Glass slide with grid used for counting bacterial cells directly, but does not differentiate viable from dead cells. (2 words)
Organism lives in extremely hot environments.
In lab, ____________ are used to determine the amount of CFU/mL in a sample. (2 words)
Organism lives in environments of extreme pressure.
Reproductive strategies in bacteria include binary fission, snapping division and budding but should not be confused with ________ or meiosis which are exclusive to eukaryotes.
When culturing and counting bacteria, many ___________ and physical needs must be met.
Organism lives in high salt environments.
Observation that occurs when microbes are grown in culture and usually plotted as a logarithm of cell count vs. time. It includes 4 distinct phases. (3 words)
When performing serial dilutions, a count between 25-300 _____________ is used for the most accurate calculation of CFU/mL.
Organism lives in extremely basic environments.
When growing bacteria in pure culture, a good method for aerobic bacteria is the ______________ method, while the pour plate method works better for anaerobic bacteria. (2 words)
The second phase of the Bacterial Growth Curve in which bacterial growth is the most exponential and also the best time for treatment with antibiotics in the host. (2 words)
Organism that thrives in the presence of carbon dioxide.
Ability of organism to survive exposure to oxygen.
Formula includes Nt = No x 2n and means that the number of cells in the population at the beginning of time multiplied by the number of divisions equals the number of cells in the population at the end of a specified time; Also called doubling time. (2 words)
A collective of one or more types of microorganisms that can grow on many different surfaces.