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Bacteria and Antibiotics

Horizontales
A gelatinous growth medium that line Petri dishes to culture bacteria
The interval of time required for development
Medication that can cure bacterial infections
A shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth mediums
Composed of a bilayer of phospholipids which protect the cell from its surroundings
An area of media where bacteria are unable to grow, due to presence of a drug that impedes their growth
An antibiotic that acts against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria.
Retains the dye from gram staining and appears violet
Irregularly shaped region within the cell of a prokaryote that contain most of the genetic material
Free from contamination
A blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen
A slender threadlike structure that allows bacteria to "swim"
Verticales
Small single-celled organisms that are vital to the planet's ecosystem and the human body
Hair-like appendage structures that extend from the bacterial cell envelope. They attach the cells to surfaces
A toxin that is present inside a bacterial cell and is released when a cell disintegrates
Antibiotics that are active against a selected group of bacterial types
The polysaccharide layer that lies outside the cell envelope
An infection of meninges, protective tissue of the brain that causes stiff neck, headache and fever.
Antibiotics inhibit growth or reproduction of bacteria, whose actions is reversible
A rigid layer of polysaccharides laying outside the plasma membrane of the cells
A small circular DNA strand in the cytoplasm of a bacterium or protozoan in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosome
Bacteria that does not retain gram stain and appears pink after staining
antibiotics that work by killing the bacteria with their actions being irreversible
An antibody generator