This same natural process becomes a nuisance aka body odour, when perspiration/sweat encounters bacteria on the skin. Dr Pai insists, sweat itself does not smell, but coupled with the dead skin cells, it provides a medium for the bacteria to grow. This bacteria, breaks down the sweat causing unpleasant body odour..
Abiotic Factors: : are non-living physical and chemical elements of an environment. These factors are important for the survival of the organisms of that environment. (See biotic factors. ).
(Ä'bÄ«-Åt'Ä­k) Not associated with or derived from living organisms. Abiotic factors in an environment include such items as sunlight, temperature, wind patterns, and precipitation. Compare biotic. abiosis noun (Ä'bÄ«-Å'sÄ­s)