Across 7. Healthy bacteria found in your intestines that help digest fiber and prevent infections 8. Regulate host homoeostasis and the assembly of the co-residing gut bacterial microbiome; mycobiome 9. Produce lactic acid, which may prevent harmful bacteria from colonizing the intestines

Down 1. Production of volatile fatty acids that are reabsorbed through the large intestine and utilized by the host as an energy source 2. An overgrowth of bacteria in the intestine can occur, leading to enteritis and/or diarrhea 3. Aids digestion and protects us from other harmful microbes 4. Causes an infection of the colon, the longest part of the large intestine 5. Cause of urinary tract infections 6. One of the earliest colonizers of the infant gut; Core members of the intestinal microbiome