That revelation came as Chilton was studying a plant infection called crown gall. Caused by a bacterium called Agrobacterium tumefaciens, crown galls are ugly lumps of prolific plant cell growth.
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Agrobacterium
Synonyms for "agrobacterium" (1 found)
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7 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- agrobacteri noun (soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 農桿菌 /农杆菌 noun (soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium)
Finnish
1 entries- agrobakteeri noun (soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium)
Greek
1 entries- αγροβακτήριο noun (soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium)
Korean
1 entries- 아그로박테리움 noun (soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium)
Portuguese
1 entries- agrobactéria noun (soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium)
Thai
1 entries- อโกรแบคทีเรียม noun (soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium)
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The DNA that Agrobacterium inserts into plant cells instructs its host to make food for the bacteria.
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