Agrobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria established by H. J. Conn that uses horizontal gene transfer to cause tumors in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the most commonly studied …

INTRODUCTION Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a soil phytopathogen that naturally infects plant wound sites and causes crown gall disease via delivery of transferred (T)-DNA from bacterial cells into host …

Agrobacterium is a plant pathogenic bacterium that causes tumours (crown gall disease) in some plant species (Fig. 1A). The bacterium contains a plasmid (the tumour-inducing or Ti plasmid), part of …

Mar 6, 2025 · Outside of a few model systems and selected taxa, the insertion of transgenes and regeneration of modified plants are difficult or impossible. This is a major bottleneck both for …

May 13, 2025 · Introduction to Agrobacterium Agrobacterium is a genus of bacteria that has garnered attention within the field of plant pathology due to its ability to cause a variety of diseases in plants. …

Agrobacterium Agrobacterium is a type of soil bacteria known for causing a tumor-like infection in plants and trees. Agrobacterium accomplishes this by actually transferring some of its genetic material to …

May 22, 2022 · Agrobacterium is a phytopathogen that infects plants through wound sites, causing crown gall disease, and is one of the popular plant transformation tools.

Jun 1, 2008 · The story of how a ubiquitous soil bacterium, Agrobacterium, went from being merely another plant pathogen to a household name in plant genetic engineering and plant molecular …

Agrobacterium is nature’s genetic engineer. This bacterium has the ability to transfer a part of its DNA into the genome of the plant and uses the plant to provide nutrients for its survival. Based on this …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens[3][2] 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. [4] Symptoms are …