agrobacterium

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See also: Agrobacterium

English[edit]

Agrobacterium tumefaciens infecting a carrot cell

A gall caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection

Etymology[edit]

agro- +‎ bacterium

Noun[edit]

agrobacterium (plural agrobacteria)

A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.

Translations[edit]

soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium

Portuguese: agrobactéria f

See also[edit]

agrobacterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
agrobacterium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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