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SUBMITTER: Kubota H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3346475 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kubota Hiromi H Mitani Asako A Niwano Yu Y Takeuchi Kohei K Tanaka Atsushi A Yamaguchi Noriko N Kawamura Yoshiaki Y Hitomi Jun J
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120224 9
Many people in Japan often detect an unpleasant odor generated from laundry that is hung to dry indoors or when using their already-dried laundry. Such an odor is often described as a "wet-and-dirty-dustcloth-like malodor" or an "acidic or sweaty odor." In this study, we isolated the major microorganisms associated with such a malodor, the major component of which has been identified as 4-methyl-3-hexenoic acid (4M3H). The isolates were identified as Moraxella osloensis by morphological observat ...[more]