(B) $Agrobacterium \text{ } tumefaciens$ is a soil bacterium that naturally transfers a portion of its $DNA$, known as $T-DNA$, into the plant genome,

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(B) $Agrobacterium \text{ } tumefaciens$ is a soil bacterium that naturally transfers a portion of its $DNA$, known as $T-DNA$, into the plant genome, causing crown gall disease. Because of this natural ability to transfer genes into plants, it is widely used as a vector in genetic engineering to introduce foreign genes into plant cells.

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