"Micro-organisms": HTML5 Crossword

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5. 1.An organism which lives in or on other organisms. (0,9)
10. 7.Another name for micro-organisms (0,8)
11. 2.An organism that decomposes organic material. (11)
12. 4.Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association (9)
15. 5.A bacterium virus or other micro-organism that cause disease (9)

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1. 10.A simple slow-growing plant which typically forms a low crust-like, leaf-like, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees. (7)
2. 11.An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host. (5)
3. 14.A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed. (10,0)
4. 8.A kingdom or large grouping that comprises mostly single-celled organisms (8)
6. 13.Symbiosis which is beneficial to both organisms involved. (9)
7. 15.A virus which parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it. Bacteriophages are much used in genetic research. (13)
8. 12.A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. (5)
9. 3.A green Pigment which is resposible for the absorption of light (11)
13. 6.A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some which can cause disease. (8)
14. 9.Any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter (6)