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Agrobacterium

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Agrobacterium [¦ag·rō‚bak′tir·e·əm]
(microbiology)
A genus of bacteria in the family Rhizobiaceae; cells do not fix free nitrogen, and three of the four species are plant pathogens, producing galls and hairy root.
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Issues studied include plant-based antibodies and virus-like particles, genetic modification on Lolium and Festuca species, genetically engineered plants for feed and food, and agrobacterium rhizogene-mediated genetic transformations.
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetically transforms plant cells by transferring a portion of the bacterial Ti-plasmid, designated the T-DNA, to the plant, and integrating the T-DNA into the plant genome.
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Under normal conditions, Agrobacterium infects a plant by inserting that tumor-creating portion into the plant's DNA.
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