Agrobacterium

See also: agrobacterium

Translingual

Agrobacterium tumefaciens infecting a carrot cell

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin agro- + bacterium.

Proper noun

Agrobacterium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – Gram-negative bacteria that transfer genes to plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum - phylum; Alphaproteobacteria - class; Rhizobiales - order; Rhizobiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Agrobacterium radiobacter, Agrobacterium rhizogenes, Agrobacterium rubi, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (species)

References

• Agrobacterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Agrobacterium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Agrobacterium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons