Etymology

agrobacterium

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Today it means: A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants. Full definition →

taxonomic name Agrobacterium ← New Latin bactērium ← Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*agrós
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós)
  5. Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
  6. Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
  7. New Latinbactērium
  8. taxonomic nameAgrobacterium
  9. English todayagrobacterium

Borrowed from taxonomic name Agrobacterium. By surface analysis, agro- + bacterium.

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