Meanings
nounagrobacterium (plural agrobacteria)
plural agrobacteria
- A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
- Proto-Hellenic*agrós
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós)
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactērium
- taxonomic nameAgrobacterium
- Englishagrobacterium
Borrowed from taxonomic name Agrobacterium. By surface analysis, agro- + bacterium.
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan agrobacteri
- agrobacterisoil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium
Chinese Mandarin 農桿菌 /农杆菌
- 農桿菌 /农杆菌 (nónggǎnjūn)soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium
Finnish agrobakteeri
- agrobakteerisoil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium
Greek αγροβακτήριο
- αγροβακτήριο (agrovaktírio)soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium
Korean 아그로박테리움
- 아그로박테리움 (ageurobakterium)soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium
Portuguese agrobactéria
- agrobactériasoil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium
Thai อโกรแบคทีเรียม
- อโกรแบคทีเรียม (à-groo-bɛ̀ɛk-tii-riiam)soil bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium
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APA
agrobacterium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrobacterium
MLA
“agrobacterium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrobacterium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agrobacterium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrobacterium.
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