Scanning electron microscope studies of Agrobacterium tumefaciens attachment to Zea mays, Gladiolus sp., and Triticum aestivum.

AUTOR(ES)

Graves, A E

RESUMO

Scanning electron microscope studies demonstrated that cells of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains attach to cells on the cut surfaces of corn and wheat seedlings and to gladiolus disks. Bacterial cells attached to these monocots in the same manner as they attached to the dicots tested. Of the strains tested, A66 and T37 covered more of the cut surfaces of these monocots in a nonrandom fashion than did cells of other isolates. These bacteria attached to cells of intact monocotyledonous plants and had the greatest affinity for tissues located within the vascular bundles. They attached in large numbers to cells in these areas in all three monocots tested.

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