Smell of rot
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- Subject: Smell of rot
- From: B* S* <B*@hsc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 07:29:49 -0700 (MST)
Not all iris rots smell. If damaged rhizomes are rotted by ordinary soil
bacteria, no smell results. The horrible odor is the result of infection
by Erwinia carotovora.
I used to give my microbiology students a thrill (?) by letting them
inoculate slices of potato with this little gem. The next day the lab
smelled like....
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
