agrobacterium

See also: Agrobacterium

English

Agrobacterium tumefaciens infecting a carrot cell

A gall caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection

Etymology

From agro- +‎ bacterium.

Noun

agrobacterium (plural agrobacteria)

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

Translations

soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium

• Portuguese: agrobactéria f

See also

• agrobacterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• agrobacterium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies