Claim · #6495887
Agrobacterium radiobacter · biocontrol · Agrobacterium tumefaciens
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“agrocin 84 produced by Agrobacterium radiobacter...exhibit antibiotic activities against closely related genera”
- Source
- The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant-beneficial, plant-pathogenic and human-pathogenic microorganisms
- Authors
- Mendes R., Garbeva P., Raaijmakers J.M.
- Year
- 2013
- Publication
- FEMS Microbiology Reviews
- Page
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 producing agrocin 84 against A. tumefaciens is the classic textbook biocontrol example.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“A. radiobacter K84/agrocin 84 is the foundational case of bacterial biocontrol against crown gall; quote directly supports.”
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