Different toxicity of Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens against tobacco BY2 cells.
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.
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Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
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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