1 .		The discipline was spawned by a combination of genetic engineering and industrial microbiology. [Hint]
2 .		The is the barrier structure that separates the inside of the cell from its outside. [Hint]
3 .		is the process whereby a cell takes up chemicals from its environment and transforms them, conserving some of the energy of these substances in the process. [Hint]
4 .		Proteins that accelerate the rate of a chemical reaction are called . [Hint]
5 .		In prokaryotic cells, the bacterial chromosome aggregates to form the , a mass that is visible with the electron microscope. [Hint]
6 .		's postulates are a set of criteria used to prove that a specific microorganism causes a specific disease. [Hint]
7 .		culture is the process of selecting specific microorganisms from a natural sample through the use of specific culture media and incubations that favor growth of one type of organism while constraining the growth of others. [Hint]