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[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 157 points 8 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

[-] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 83 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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?

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 61 points 8 months ago

There absolutely are petrichor scented things

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