释义 |
ag·ro·bac·te·ri·um \|agrōˌbakˈtirēəm\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from agro- + bacterium : a genus of small usually gram-negative and motile bacterial rods (family Rhizobiaceae) including soil forms that vigorously reduce nitrates and several pathogens of cultivated plants that typically cause galls on stems — compare crown gall |