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cluckindanlast Tuesday at 11:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Why not? Ethanol kills competing bacteria and is only produced in microscopic quantities.

Methanol is produced by a lot of bacteria, almost every human produces it within their body.


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OutOfHerelast Wednesday at 8:58 AM

Isn't methanol a strong poison? I do not believe that any probiotic or native strains produce it.

Chemically the problem with ethanol is that it's too close to methanol.

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