agrobacterium

See also: Agrobacterium

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Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Agrobacterium. By surface analysis, agro- +‎ bacterium.

Noun

agrobacterium (plural agrobacteria)

  1. A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.

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