agrobacterium tumefaciens

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1. the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria species,
definition	:	a species of bacteria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	agrobacterium, genus agrobacterium,
definition	:	small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems (noun.animal)