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@@ -206,9 +206,7 @@ is failing
 ``test_dependencies``: a list of commands for installing any dependencies required by the MDAKit’s tests.
 This is a *list of strings* (*AUTOMATIC CHECK*).
 
-Note that ``mamba env update --file FILENAME`` should _not_ be used here as it effectively overwrite the 
-base mamba environment and one ends up with a conda environment without the base mdakit dependencies. 
-Only simple ``mamba install``. 
+- *note* : care should be taken to to override the underlying ``mamba`` environment. For example, this should _not_ attempt to do a ``mamba env update`` call as it will overwrite the base mamba environment and one ends up with a conda environment without the base mdakit dependencies.