agrobacterium tumefaciens

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A naturally occurring soil bacterium used to transfer DNA with a view to genetically improve plants
A bacterium used in the process of genetic modification Agrobacterium tumifaciens causes crown gall disease in plants and is used as a vector to introduce DNA into plant tissue
A naturally occurring soil bacterium used to insert genes into plants in the process of genetic modification
The bacterium which causes crown gall of dicot plants It inserts its own Ti plasmid DNA into the host plant DNA The inserted DNA produces growth hormones which result in the tumor and provides a habitat for the bacteria This is an example of natural genetic engineering The Ti plasmid can be used as a transformation vector
A common soil bacterium that causes crown gall disease by transferring some of its DNA to the plant host Scientists alter Agrobacterium so that it no longer causes the disease but is still able to transfer DNA They then use this altered Agrobacterium to ferry desirable genes into plants
the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants