Editing Agrobacterium (section)

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Agrobacterium-tumefaciens.png
| taxon = Agrobacterium
| authority = Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)
| type_species = ''[[Agrobacterium radiobacter]]''
| type_species_authority = (Smith and Townsend 1907) Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
<!-- Agrobacterium aggregatum was reclassified as Labrenzia aggregata. -->
<!-- Agrobacterium agile was reclassified into an undefined position in the genus Pseudomonas. -->
* "''[[Agrobacterium albertimagni]]''" <small>Salmassi ''et al''. 2002</small>
<!-- Agrobacterium albilineans was reclassified as Xanthomonas albilineans. -->
* ''[[Agrobacterium arsenijevicii]]'' <small>Kuzmanović ''et al''. 2019</small>
<!-- Agrobacterium atlanticum was reclassified as Ruegeria atlantica. -->
<!-- Agrobacterium aurantiacum is not currently an accepted binomial. -->
* "''Agrobacterium bohemicum''" <small>Zahradnik ''et al''. 2018</small>
* ''[[Agrobacterium cavarae]]'' <small>Flores-Félix ''et al''. 2020</small>
* "''Agrobacterium deltaense''" <small>Yan ''et al''. 2017</small>
* ''[[Agrobacterium fabacearum]]'' <small>Delamuta ''et al''. 2020</small>
* "''[[Agrobacterium fabrum]]''" <small>Lassalle ''et al''. 2011</small>
<!-- Agrobacterium ferrugineum was reclassified as Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus. -->
<!-- Agrobacterium gelatinovorum was reclassified as Thalassobius gelatinovorus. -->
<!-- Agrobacterium kieliense was reclassified as Ahrensia kielensis. -->
* ''[[Agrobacterium larrymoorei]]'' <small>Bouzar and Jones 2001</small>
<!-- Agrobacterium luteum was reclassified into an undefined position in the genus Sphingopyxis. -->
<!-- Agrobacterium meteori was reclassified as Ruegeria atlantica. -->
* ''[[Agrobacterium nepotum]]'' <small>(Puławska ''et al''. 2012) Mousavi ''et al''. 2016</small>
* ''[[Agrobacterium pusense]]'' <small>(Panday ''et al''. 2011) Mousavi ''et al''. 2016</small>
* ''[[Agrobacterium radiobacter]]'' <small>(Beijerinck and van Delden 1902) Conn 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)</small>
<!-- Agrobacterium rathayi was reclassified as Rathayibacter rathayi. -->
<!-- Agrobacterium rhizogenes was reclassified as Rhizobium rhizogenes. -->
* ''[[Agrobacterium rosae]]'' <small>Kuzmanović ''et al''. 2019</small>
* ''[[Agrobacterium rubi]]'' <small>(Hildebrand 1940) Starr and Weiss 1943</small>
* ''[[Agrobacterium salinitolerans]]'' <small>Yan ''et al''. 2017</small>
<!-- Agrobacterium sanguineum was reclassified as Porphyrobacter sanguineus. -->
* ''[[Agrobacterium skierniewicense]]'' <small>(Puławska ''et al''. 2012) Mousavi ''et al''. 2016</small>
<!-- Agrobacterium stellulatum was reclassified as Stappia stellulata. -->
* ''[[Agrobacterium tumefaciens]]''
<!-- Agrobacterium viscosum is not currently an accepted binomial. -->
<!-- Agrobacterium vitis was reclassified as Allorhizobium vitis. -->
| synonyms =
* ''Polymonas'' <small>Lieske 1928</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite journal | author = Buchanan RE | year = 1965 | title = Proposal for rejection of the generic name ''Polymonas'' Lieske 1928 | journal = International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 43–44 | doi = 10.1099/00207713-15-1-43| doi-access = free }}</ref>
}}

'''''Agrobacterium''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Gram-negative]] [[bacteria]] established by [[Harold J. Conn|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]].