Agrobacterium tumefaciens as an agent of disease |
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| Authors: | Escobar Matthew A Dandekar Abhaya M |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, Lund, SE-22362, Sweden;2. Department of Pomology, University of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA;1. Laboratoire de Génétique Biodiversité et Valorisation des Bio-ressources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir (ISBM), Université de Monastir, Avenue Tahar Haddad, 5000, BP74, Monastir, Tunisia;2. Laboratoire de Phytiatri, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie (INAT), Avenue Charles Nicolle, 1082 Tunis, Mahrajène Tunisia;1. Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK;2. Syngenta, Jealotts Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell RG42 6EY, UK;1. University of Helsinki, Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, Biocentre 1, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland;2. University of Turku, Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biology, 20014 Turku, Finland;3. University of Lyon, Université Lyon1, Ecologie Microbienne, UMR CNRS 5557/USC INRA 1364, 16 rue R. Dubois, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France;4. University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology, DNA Sequencing and Genomics Laboratory, Viikinkaari 4, P.O. Box 56, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland;5. IRD, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Campus de Baillarguet TA A-82/J, 34398 Montpellier Cédex 5, France;6. University of Helsinki, Department of Environmental Sciences, Viikinkaari 2a, P.O. Box 65, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland |
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| Abstract: | Twenty-six years ago it was found that the common soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens is capable of extraordinary feats of interkingdom genetic transfer. Since this discovery, A. tumefaciens has served as a model system for the study of type IV bacterial secretory systems, horizontal gene transfer and bacterial-plant signal exchange. It has also been modified for controlled genetic transformation of plants, a core technology of plant molecular biology. These areas have often overshadowed its role as a serious, widespread phytopathogen - the primary driver of the first 80 years of Agrobacterium research. Now, the diverse areas of A. tumefaciens research are again converging because new discoveries in transformation biology and the use of A. tumefaciens vectors are allowing the development of novel, effective biotechnology-based strategies for the control of crown gall disease. |
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