Re: Can Bacteria Digest and Metabolize Lipids?


"JEDilworth" <bactitech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are correct - sorry about that. They still smell earthy, though :-).

Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP)
Microbiology

The smell of Streptomycetes is due to geosmin production.
That was a very good description of bug smells, Judy!
I like the grapey smell of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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lynx


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