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Whether or not that is the case, it seems to me the most interesting conclusion of the study was this: > the bacterial responses were correlated to the results
by JacobJans 8y ago
Whether or not that is the case, it seems to me the most interesting conclusion of the study was this:
> the bacterial responses were correlated to the results of previous toxicity studies and bacteria may be used as a toxicity evaluation tool.
One would want to establish that this method is actually useful, no? It seem this study is pointing in that direction.
If it is effective, there may be interesting ways you can use this test, such as:
> The tested bioluminescent bacterial panel can potentially be used for detecting artificial sweeteners in the environment.
- Bartweiss 8y agoThose are interesting possibilities, but they seem crippled by the underlying failure to calibrate or prove the assay. It's possible there's prior lit here and I'm just not seeing the reference, but it looks like there's no claim that these changes are sweetener-specific. Without that I don't think it's a viable environmental test. The correlation with prior toxicity work is more promising since this looks like a relatively easy test, but I still have some questions about how robust that correlation is to changing substances and dosages.