Love the them of this post and what may be a series of posts on smells of microbes: Which Bacteria Smell Like Tortillas, Flowers, or Delicious Browned Butter? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
Looking forward to smelling/reading more from Veronica Greenwood on this topic. For other stuff on smells of microbes see:
- Bizarre Bacterial Creations – Technology Review
- Bacteria and our senses | Bacteria
- Make bacteria smell – DIYbio | Google Groups
- A Microbe By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet… (from the great Mark Martin)
- Sick People Smell Bad – Scientific American Blog Network
- Why Well Water Smells Bad – University of Minnesota Extension
- Smell of fresh earth traced to bacteria genes – environment – 18 July …
- How To Identify Bacterial Vaginosis And The Underlying Causes …
- E-Nose Sniffs Out Nasty Bugs
and much more …
Oh – and yes, the “sweat” not “sweet” in the title is on purpose …
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