Agrobacterium tumefaciens (updated scientific name: Rhizobium radiobacter) is the causal agent of crown gall disease (the formation of tumours) in over 140 species of eudicots. It is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative soil bacterium. Symptoms are caused by the insertion of a small segment of DNA (known as the T-DNA, for `transfer DNA`), from a plasmid,.....
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(from the article `crown gall`) disease of plants caused by the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Thousands of plant species are susceptible; they include especially rose, ...
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria isolated from soil and the stems and roots of plants. It causes oncogenic transformations (tumour formation) in a wide variety of higher plants after wounding. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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A Gram negative, rod-shaped flagellated bacterium responsible for crown gall tumour in plants. Following infection the T1 plasmid from the bacterium becomes integrated into the host plant's DNA and the presence of the bacterium is no longer necessary for the continued growth of the tumour.
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n] - the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants
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noun the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants
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