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agrobacteria

[ ag-roh-bak-teer-ee-uh ]

plural noun

Bacteriology.
singular agrobacterium
  1. short rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium, that cause plant diseases, as crown gall.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of agrobacteria1

From New Latin; agro-, bacteria
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Initially the genes are transferred to agrobacteria, increasingly used in genetic engineering because they can transfer DNA between themselves and plants.

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More often, however, scientists use microbes called agrobacteria, which Pauls calls “natural genetic engineers†because of their behavior in the wild.

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