Agrobacterium

Agrobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Rhizobiaceae
Genus:	Agrobacterium Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Agrobacterium radiobacter (Smith and Townsend 1907) Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
"Agrobacterium albertimagni" Salmassi et al. 2002 Agrobacterium arsenijevicii Kuzmanović et al. 2019 "Agrobacterium bohemicum" Zahradnik et al. 2018 Agrobacterium cavarae Flores-Félix et al. 2020 "Agrobacterium deltaense" Yan et al. 2017 Agrobacterium fabacearum Delamuta et al. 2020 "Agrobacterium fabrum" Lassalle et al. 2011 Agrobacterium larrymoorei Bouzar and Jones 2001 Agrobacterium nepotum (Puławska et al. 2012) Mousavi et al. 2016 Agrobacterium pusense (Panday et al. 2011) Mousavi et al. 2016 Agrobacterium radiobacter (Beijerinck and van Delden 1902) Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980) Agrobacterium rosae Kuzmanović et al. 2019 Agrobacterium rubi (Hildebrand 1940) Starr and Weiss 1943 Agrobacterium salinitolerans Yan et al. 2017 Agrobacterium skierniewicense (Puławska et al. 2012) Mousavi et al. 2016
Synonyms[1]
Polymonas Lieske 1928

Agrobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria established by H. J. Conn that uses horizontal gene transfer to cause tumors in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the most commonly studied species in this genus. Agrobacterium is well known for its ability to transfer DNA between itself and plants, and for this reason it has become an important tool for genetic engineering.