Many plant bacteriologists, if not all, feel that their particular microbe should appear in any
list of the most important bacterial plant pathogens. However, to our knowledge, no such list …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens and related Agrobacterium species have been known as plant
pathogens since the beginning of the 20th century. However, only in the past two decades …

Over 225,000 independent Agrobacterium transferred DNA (T-DNA) insertion events in the
genome of the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana have been created that represent near …

Background We describe novel plasmid vectors for transient gene expression using
Agrobacterium, infiltrated into Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. We have generated a series of …

Bacteria use type IV secretion systems for two fundamental objectives related to
pathogenesis—genetic exchange and the delivery of effector molecules to eukaryotic target …

In the era of functional genomics, the need for tools to perform large-scale targeted and
random mutagenesis is increasing. A potential tool is Agrobacterium-mediated fungal …

Abstract Type IV secretion (T4S) systems are ancestrally related to bacterial conjugation
machines. These systems assemble as a translocation channel, and often also as a surface …

Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation is the dominant technology used for the
production of genetically modified transgenic plants. Extensive research aimed at …

Quorum sensing is widely recognized as an efficient mechanism to regulate expression of
specific genes responsible for communal behavior in bacteria. Several bacterial phenotypes …

Twenty-six years ago it was found that the common soil bacterium Agrobacterium
tumefaciens is capable of extraordinary feats of interkingdom genetic transfer. Since this …