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Organism (ORGA)
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last updated: 30 Aug 2016
Organism information
Agrobacterium rhizogenes
Kingdom Bacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria
Class Alphaproteobacteria
Order Rhizobiales
Family Rhizobiaceae
Genus Agrobacterium
Species rhizogenes
  • Rhizobium rhizogenes
  • Agrobacterium genomosp. 10
  • Agrobacterium genomic species 10
  • Agrobacterium genomic group 10
  • Agrobacterium biovar 2
  • AGRRH
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Bacteria
Characteristics related to biosafety
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Agrobacterium rhizogenes is a soil-bacterium
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Agrobacterium rhizogenes (also Rhizobium rhizogenes) is a Gram negative soil bacterium that produces hairy root disease in dicotyledonous plants.

In addition to its chromosomal DNA, A. rhizobium harbours a root inducing plasmid (Ri plasmid). A. rhizogenes can infect wounded plant tissue and transfer the T-DNA from the Ri plasmid into the plant genome. This induces the formation of proliferative multi-branched adventitious roots at the site of infection; so-called 'hairy roots'.
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