Species

Agrobacterium radiobacter (Bacterial crown gall)

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

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens (updated scientific name Rhizobium radiobacter, synonym Agrobacterium radiobacter) is the causal agent of crown gall disease (the formation of tumours) in over 140 species of eudicots. It is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative soil bacterium. Symptoms are caused by the insertion of a small segment of DNA (known as the T-DNA, for ‘transfer DNA’, not to be confused with tRNA that transfers amino acids during protein synthesis), from a plasmid into the plant cell, which is…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Bacteria (Bacteria)
  - Phylum: Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
    - Class: Alphaproteobacteria (Α-proteobacteria)
      - Order: Rhizobiales
        Family: Rhizobiaceae (Rhizobacteria)
        Genus: Agrobacterium (Agrobacteria)
        Species: Agrobacterium radiobacter (Bacterial crown gall)

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