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Agrobacterium

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Noun1.Agrobacterium - small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
genus Agrobacterium
bacteria genus - a genus of bacteria
family Rhizobiaceae, Rhizobiaceae - a small family of rod-shaped bacteria
Agrobacterium tumefaciens - the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants


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Agrobacterium tumefaciens: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology by Lane, Margaret / Reviewer's Bookwatch
It was done with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a naturally occurring pathogenic bacterium capable of transferring its DNA to the cells of host plants and forming crown galls.
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But this beneficial bacterium has virtually all the genes found in Agrobacterium, a pathogen.
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