Microorganism (bacterium) that produces crown gall disease in the wild; it does so by introducing a part of its genetic material into the plant to direct it to make compounds it needs to live. A small piece of genetic material was isolated from this bact
Bacterial genus noted for crown gall tumor-inducing ability. Oncogenic strains are host to a tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid which can be transmitted between species. A segment (T) of the Ti plasmid is transmitted to the plant host cell and is the immediate agent of tumor induction.
MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION Transformation that is achieved using the natural gene-transfer mechanism of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
A bacterium with the ability to infect tissues, integrating, as it does so, part of its own DNA into that of the host. This characteristic renders Agrobacterium a useful vector for genetic engineering.
A pathogenic bacterium of plants that can inject a plasmid DNA (T DNA) into plant cells.
Français] A naturally occurring soil bacterium that is used to transfer genes into plants.
A bacterium containing a plasmid that is useful in plant genetic engineering.
(n) A method of transferring genes with the use of a vector, a soil bacterium.
Agrobacterium is a genus of bacteria that causes tumors in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the most commonly studied species in this genus. Agrobacterium is well known for its ability to transfer DNA between itself and plants, and for this reason it has become an important tool for plant improvement by genetic engineering.