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  • From: "" <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re:Agrobacterium
  • Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 06:51:34 -0500


Can't reveal my source of information but in a few years ago, it was found to
be
important in research because it caused neoplastic (cancer) tissue growth in
plants.
It is said to alter the DNA of the tissue. Doc, I think that's
A.tumefaciens, the
organism that causes crown gall. I don't know, maybe A.rhizogenes alters DNA
too,
or does something to regulate expression of certain genes that are normally
'turned
off' in mature plants, allowing root generation. Sorry but I don't know a
source.
Maybe a lab which supplies researchers would have a supply. I don't expect
Carolina
Biological Supply, Burlington, NC would have any, but they might steer you in
the
right direction. I suspect the ATCC would have it, but I've never personally
ordered
any cultures from them, and post-9/11, I have a feeling that it may be
tougher for
individuals to get cultures from them - maybe not Agrobacterium species, but
I'll
bet human/animal pathogen species are more restricted. Lucky


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