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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