Agrobacterium
See also: agrobacterium
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós, “field”) + New Latin bacterium (“bacterium”).
Proper noun
Agrobacterium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – the agrobacteria; Gram-negative bacteria that transfer genes to plants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Alphaproteobacteria – class; Rhizobiales – order; Rhizobiaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Agrobacterium radiobacter, Agrobacterium rhizogenes, Agrobacterium rubi, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (species)
Descendants
- → Catalan: agrobacteri
- → Chinese: 農桿菌 / 农杆菌 (nónggǎnjūn) (calque)
- → English: agrobacterium
- → Finnish: agrobakteeri
- → Greek: αγροβακτήριο (agrovaktírio)
- → Korean: 아그로박테리움 (ageurobakterium) (transliteration)
- → Portuguese: agrobactéria (learned)
- → Thai: อโกรแบคทีเรียม (à-groo-bɛ̀ɛk-tii-riiam) (transliteration)
References
- Agrobacterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Agrobacterium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Agrobacterium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons