The modified version of the cloned gene was then introduced into the plant by Agrobacterium tumefaciens bacteria. (newscientist.com)
«We know very little about how A. tumefaciens causes disease in humans, but the mechanism of disease does not appear to be the same in animals and plants,» says Goodner, now of Hiram College in Ohio. (genomenewsnetwork.org)
Found in soil worldwide, A. tumefaciens causes disease in plants by transferring its own DNA into plant cells. (genomenewsnetwork.org)