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Re: bacteria

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From: Matthew Moore
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:37
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tony@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us (Anthony Foglia) writes:

>By doing a lab in biology, I remarked that bacteria smelled. A
>friend's mother over heard me say this and contradicted my hypothesis. 
>She said that it wasn't the bacteria that smelled, but rather it was the 
>process of the bacteria rotting the broth that was used in the 
>experiment. Which one of us is right? I am also curious where I can find 
>more information on this topic.

If you fart, do you smell? If you smell of sweat, is it you that smells
of sweat, or is it the products of bacteria breaking down your sweat?
If you cook meat, does the meat smell, or is it the air around it?
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From: skaamjm@ucl.ac.uk (Matthew Moore)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: bacteria
Message-ID: <1993Jan05.193758.29437@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
Date: 5 Jan 93 19:37:58 GMT
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