Family

Rhizobiaceae (Rhizobacteria)

Agrobacterium radiobacter. Photo: (c) Susan J. Hewitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Rhizobiaceae is a family of proteobacteria comprising multiple subgroups that enhance and hinder plant development. Some bacteria’s found in the family are used for plant nutrition and collectively make up the rhizobia. Consequently, other bacteria’s such as Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes severely alter the development of plants in their ability to induce crown galls or hairy roots found on the stem. The family has been of an interest to scientists for centuries in their…

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Subtaxa

Genus: Agrobacterium (Agrobacteria)

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