SpringerProtocols: Abstract: Agrobacterium Virulence

Agrobacterium Virulence

By: Jill S. Gartland³

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Agrobacteria are soil living Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria. The genus includes two well-studied phytopathogenic bacteria, Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes. Their ability to cause disease is associated with the presence of a large (about 200 kb) plasmid. The plasmid is named according to the disease caused by it. The A. tumefaciens plasmid is known as a Ti (tumor-inducing) plasmid and that of A. rhizogenes as a Ri (root-inducing) plasmid.

Affiliation(s): (3) Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland

Book Title: Agrobacterium Protocols

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 44 | Pub. Date: Jun-01-1995 | Page Range: 15-28 | DOI: 10.1385/0-89603-302-3:15

Subject: Plant Sciences

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