new strains of agrobacterium tumefaciens claim priority

摘要

the invention provides three new unarmed strains of agrobacterium tumefaciens bacteria useful for plant transformation. the invention provides three strains of a. manipulated chry5 tumefaciens or their bacterial cells that comprise the chromosomal background of the strain chry5 and an unarmed ptichry5 vector, and methods of using said strains or bacterial cells to transform fungal or plant cells, in particular cells of dicot or monocot plants, including soy, maize, wheat and sugar cane cells. the invention relates additionally to the transgenic plants created by these methods.