AGROBACTERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agrobacterium mean? 

• AGROBACTERIUM (noun)
  The noun AGROBACTERIUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AGROBACTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGROBACTERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Agrobacterium; genus Agrobacterium

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)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

(Agrobacterium tumefaciens, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Agrobacterium radiobacter.

(Agrobacterium radiobacter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Agrobacterium genus level.

(Agrobacterium, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)