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Q. A bacterium commonly used in plant genetic engineering is:

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Biotechnology : Principles and Processes

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the most commonly studied species in this genus. Agrobacterium is well known for its ability to transfer DNA between itself and plants, and for this reason it has become an important tool for genetic engineering. The genus Agrobacterium is quite heterogeneous.