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Thread #137716   Message #3152306
Posted By: GUEST,Jon
11-May-11 - 04:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Scourge of Alcohol
Subject: RE: BS: The Scourge of Alcohol
From Wikipedia:

[Production] Endogenous

Several of the benign bacteria in the intestine use fermentation as a form of anaerobic respiration. This metabolic reaction produces ethanol as a waste product, just like aerobic respiration produces carbon dioxide and water. Thus, human bodies contain some quantity of alcohol endogenously produced by these bacteria.