Agrobacterium

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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.

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