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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: SFMA on 09/06/2008 13:08:37

Title: Can the soil of two different countries, thousands of mile apart, be the same?
Post by: SFMA on 09/06/2008 13:08:37
Can the soil of two diffrent countries thousands of mile apart be exactly the
same as in colour, taste and smell?
Title: Re: Can the soil of two different countries, thousands of mile apart, be the same?
Post by: RD on 09/06/2008 17:41:41
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Actinomyces is a genus of the actinobacteria class of bacteria...
Some species are responsible for the smell of topsoil, which is often particularly noticeable after rain.
The main chemical responsible from this smell is geosmin
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinomyces

So the smell of soil thousands of miles apart could be the same if produced
by the same strain of actinomyces, which could be spread across the globe by birds.


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Can the soil of two diffrent countries thousands of mile apart be exactly the
same as in colour, taste

Taste ? ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagy

Title: Re: Can the soil of two different countries, thousands of mile apart, be the same?
Post by: SFMA on 09/06/2008 18:40:38
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Actinomyces is a genus of the actinobacteria class of bacteria...
Some species are responsible for the smell of topsoil, which is often particularly noticeable after rain.
The main chemical responsible from this smell is geosmin
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinomyces

So the smell of soil thousands of miles apart could be the same if produced
by the same strain of actinomyces, which could be spread across the globe by birds.


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Can the soil of two diffrent countries thousands of mile apart be exactly the
same as in colour, taste
I mean test.
Taste ? ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagy