In 2015, scientists at the Center were examining sweet potato DNA sequences, when they stumbled upon some genes that were distinctly un-potato-like — genes from Agrobacterium!
2015 年,该中心的科们在检查甘薯的 DNA 序,然发现了一些明显不像土豆的基因——来自农杆菌的基因!
She discovered that it forms when a germ called Agrobacterium puts a piece of its own DNA into the plant cell's genes, the plant then makes food for the bacteria.