Agrobacterium

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  • noun. Any of various aerobic, chiefly phytopathogenic bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium, especially A. tumefaciens, the cause of crown gall in plants. A. tumefaciens is used to construct transgenic plants because it transfers genetic material to plant cells when it infects them.
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  • noun. A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants
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  • noun. small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
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