Date of Award
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Dr. Brad Goodner
Abstract
A. tumefaciensis a plant pathogen and causative agent of Crown Gall Disease, an ailment that results in the development of tumors in plants. It is a unique organism in that it is the only known non-viral pathogen that transfers its DNA into the host cell. Consequently, the majority of the research conducted on A. tumefaciensinvestigates its mechanism of infection. However, A. tumefaciensis also rare to the bacterial world in that its genome is comprised of two chromosomes: one circular and one linear. Most other bacteria only have one circular chromosome. This area of research has been grossly overlooked and therefore became the topic of our undergraduate research.
Recommended Citation
Flanagan, Casey M.; Crowell, Christopher B. II; and Markelz, Bryan P., "Scientific investigation of the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens" (2000). Honors Theses. 1091.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1091