• Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Wording is funky. To clarify:

    The rain smell is due to a compound called geosmin. The bacteria that produces it is Streptomyces.

    When I taught microbiology lab, I would grow a petri dish of Streptomyces during one particular class and have the students smell it

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      6 months ago

      You mean… You can … Bottle up petrichore ??? How come is there no wide range of perfume/candle/lotion and whatnot?

      Can I make it at home, if so, how would I go about it with everyday items? Can streptomyces cause health issues?