Agrobacterium tumefaciens
"Agrobacterium tumefaciens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria isolated from soil and the stems, leafs, and roots of plants. Some biotypes are pathogenic and cause the formation of PLANT TUMORS in a wide variety of higher plants. The species is a major research tool in biotechnology.
| Descriptor ID |
D016960
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.700.024.050 B03.660.050.730.024.500
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