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AGROBACTERIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
Synonyms:
Agrobacterium; genus Agrobacterium
Classified under:
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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