title: Different toxicity of Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens against tobacco BY2 cells.
abstract: Tobacco BY2 cells were withered away by the physical contact with intestinal bacterium Escherichia coli. In contrast, plant pathogenic bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens with/without tumor inducing Ti plasmid was not so toxic as E. coli. Mini-cells of E. coli decreased their toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukumaru
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002460:Cell Line; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence