Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Noun
Meaning
the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants
Source: WordNetHypernyms
Examples
Plant transformation in Arabidopsis is routine, using Agrobacterium tumefaciens to transfer DNA to the plant genome.
These compounds are typically found from wounded plants, and as a result VirA is used by Agrobacterium tumefaciens to locate potential host organisms for infection.