If bacteria produce ethanol through fermentation, and ethanol can kill bacteria, why are they not killing themselves with their own ethanol?

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If bacteria produce ethanol through fermentation, and ethanol can kill bacteria, why are they not killing themselves with their own ethanol?

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Human beings produce feces, if we live in a high concentration of feces we will probably get sick and die.

Yeast that produce alcohol as waste product is similar, once it reaches a certain point their ability to live safely is compromised and eventually it’s so toxic they die. But a bit is ok.

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