Re: Do any bad-smelling compounds result from anoxic bacterial decomposition of ethanol?

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From: Radium
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:32

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biovirus04@gmail.com wrote:
> Radium wrote:
>
> > What kinds of caproates and butyrates? Are you talking about caproic
> > acid and butryic acid? I doubt the "-ates" have odors of their own.
>
> Yes, caproic acid and butyric acid.  And I bet the "-ates" still smell.
>  Sodium acetate smells just like acetic acid.
>
> --Alex
>
> ********************
> Alex B. Berezow, Grad Student
> Dept. of Microbiology
> University of Washington School of Medicine
> Seattle, WA  98195

Does butyrate smell like butyric acid?

Does caproate smell like caproic acid?

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