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MANY of the bacteria which cause diseases of plants attack their hosts, in the first instance, by breaking down the pectic substances of the middle lamella. This is particularly true of the soft-rot organisms and of those pathogens causing diseases of the parenchyma.
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SABET, K., DOWSON, W. Action of Phytopathogenic Bacteria on Pectate Gel. Nature 168, 605 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168605a0
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