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SAMISH et al.1 reported that “bacteria are found quite regularly within the tissue of apparently healthy tomatoes”. Since some of the family types they found have species which produce cellulase2, it was deemed necessary to determine beyond doubt that the cellulase reported by Hall3 was produced by the tomato fruit tissues and not by micro-organisms which might be within the fruits.
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HALL, C., MULLINS, J. Cellulase Activity in Sterile Tomato Fruits. Nature 206, 638–639 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206638a0
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