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IN the family Enterobacteriaceae, the genus Erwinia has been divided into those which cause dry necroses, galls or wilts in plants, and those which produce the enzyme protopectinase and cause soft-rots in plants1. The latter group has been given the name Pectobacterium by Waldee2.
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STEWART, D. A Selective-Diagnostic Medium for the Isolation of Pectinolytic Organisms in the Enterobacteriaceae. Nature 195, 1023 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951023a0
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