"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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And allergy to wood dust does not automatically translate to allergy
to solid wood, and even less to food that was cut on that solid wood,
which is where all the hue and cry in the cutting board thread came
from.

Well, not necessarily. Byssinosis, a condition caused by exposure to
cellulose (wood dust) does not address the real villain, the chemicals in
the wood, which are the sensitizers. It is these, dissolved in what you cut
on the board which represent a danger to both bacterial and mammalian cells.
The larger critter has a number of resources available to fight back, the
bacterium must rely on random resistance and the next generation.