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AGROBACTERIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems

Synonyms:

Agrobacterium; genus Agrobacterium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Agrobacterium" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Agrobacterium"):

Agrobacterium tumefaciens (the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants)

Holonyms ("Agrobacterium" is a member of...):

family Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobiaceae (a small family of rod-shaped bacteria)

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