genus agrobacterium

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

   SynonymsAgrobacterium

   Broaderbacteria genus

   Part ofRhizobiaceae

Questions about genus agrobacterium

What does genus agrobacterium mean?

genus agrobacterium means "small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems".

What is another word for genus agrobacterium?

Close synonyms include Agrobacterium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus agrobacterium a common word?

genus agrobacterium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.