agrobacterium
- singular of agrobacteria.
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Due to agrobacterium which are nitrogen fixers, plants benefit from an endless supply of nitrogen; soils benefit from being naturally fertilized and bacteria benefit from using photosynthates from plants.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In crops, for example, scientists used agrobacterium, a bacterium that can infect plants.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2017
And because this kit relies on agrobacterium, the report says, an individual customer could be legally obligated to seek a permit from APHIS.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 15, 2015
Often, they recruit a rather unique and almost uncannily convenient microbe known as agrobacterium tumefaciens, which evolved to inject genetic material into plants to aid infection.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 3, 2013
