The peculiear smell immediately after a shower is due to certain volatile chemical compounds released by a group of soil-inhibiting bacteria called streptomycete. These streptomycetes grouped as actinomycetes and are abundant in dry warm soil. when wetted by rain after a long dry spell, the streptomycetes release compounds such as geosmin and 2-methyl- isoborneol . This is the reason, why we get the musty odour only after the first rain of the rainy season.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Musty odour after shower
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