Can Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation be applied to non-plant organisms?

Question: Can Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation be applied to non-plant organisms?
- Keywords:
  animal,
  non-plant,
  organism
Asked by anon-368398 about Agrobacterium: Soil Microbe, Plant Pathogen, and Natural Genetic Engineer on 27 Jun 2023
- Ryan Weir answered on 27 Jun 2023:
  
  Great question! Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation is generally plant specific. The virulence proteins used by agrobacterium have evolved specifically to transport DNA inside a plant cell, which is quite different from an animal cell. One interesting point though, is that some specific agrobacterium strains can transfer their DNA inside Fungi and Algae cells!