wg48temp9
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Methyl methacrylate from fungi ?
I found a half full old bottle of blackcurrant and apple cordial at the back of a kitchen cupboard. It had what looked like a fungus growing on part
of the liquid surface. So I poured it down the sink and flushed it away. But I was surprised when I noticed a strong-ish methyl methacrylate smell. Of
cause it may not have been that.
Do some fungi or yeasts produce a metabolite of methyl methacrylate or a compound that smells similar?
I am wg48 but not on my usual pc hence the temp handle.
Thank goodness for Fleming and the fungi.
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I don't know who invented mRNA vaccines but they should get a fancy medal and I hope they made a shed load of money from it.
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Boffis
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I have had liquid malt extract do the same, only my fungus cocktail smelled of ethyl acetate, acetone and such things. On looking into it there are
bacterial fermentation products of glucose that generate n-butanol and acetone, ethanol, acetic acid etc so there is a lot of scope here  .
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unionised
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Just about anything is possible with microbes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone%E2%80%93butanol%E2%80%...
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