title: Time required for tumor induction by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
abstract: Cellulose-minus mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens retain virulence but can be removed from wound sites by washing with water. Washing of Bryophyllum diagremontiana leaves inoculated with a cellulose-minus mutant was used to determine the minimum time the bacteria must be present for tumor induction. This time was 4 to 8 h.
mesh_terms: D009154:Mutation; D010941:Plant Tumors / Q000382:microbiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors