Tag: Rhizobium rhizogenes

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Pathogen Profile: Agrobacterium rhizogenes

What is Agrobacterium rhizogenes? Agrobacterium rhizogenes, also currently known as Rhizobium rhizogenes (1), is a Gram-negative, rod shaped, pathogenic bacteria (2) (Figure 1). A. rhizogenes lives in the rhizosphere, which is where the name derived (rhiza a root and gennao to make or to produce; hence, rhizogenes or root-producing).  A. rhizogenes causes hairy root disease […]
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