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Re:Why I’m Digging Deep Into Alzheimer’s by Tharkun on Monday November 13, 2017 @10:00AM (#15686895)
The toilet and the stomach bacteria rarely encounter one another, unless you throw up on a regular basis.

You're probably referring to gut bacteria, which live in your colon. It's true that a lot of research is being done towards these bacteria, and they appear to play an important role in various systems.

However, stools are usually coated in a thin layer of mucus -- which makes them a bit shiny and serves as a lubricant. It's unlikely that enough stool interacts with the toilet bowl to get much interesting data out of it. And even if it did, it would probably be contaminated by the presence of other people's stool.

Re:Why I’m Digging Deep Into Alzheimer’s by pbhjpbhj on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:32PM (#15690913)
If you wanted to get data though it would be easy to macerate the stool to collect samples surely.
Re:Why I’m Digging Deep Into Alzheimer’s by Tharkun on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @11:21AM (#15696370)
Sure, but how do you prevent things like TP -- or the previous user -- from contaminating the sample?