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Pretty much all of the mini assays conducted have some glaring confounding variables that make the results inconclusive yet they go wholly unacknowledged.
The NMR's pin down the exact match to Algaefix. That's the show stopper. Nothing else matters, IMO. I told that to Jeff from UWC when he asked me what sorts of tests to do.
There's no other wordly explanation of how a bacteria product and an algaecide match in proton and carbon NM3 than them being the same material. Absolutely NONE. To argue that one cannot prove it is exactly polexitonium for a bunch of distracting reason ignores the exact NMR match to algaefix. EXACT.
As to all the other assays, they just add to the idea that algaefix and vibrant perform the same in every way tested. They are not the same level of proof as NMR and IR, and need not be.