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How to pronounce inoculum in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms inoculant
Type of substance

Examples of inoculum

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It has, however, meant massive amounts of inoculum carryover to the current crop.
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The microorganism used in an inoculation is called the inoculant or inoculum.
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The inoculum was designed so that it cannot cause an HPV infection, even accidentally.
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For post-treatment, JC was added to the medium on refeeding after removal of the inoculum.
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Leishmania disease development depends on the presence of apoptotic promastigotes in the virulent inoculum.
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Blight can be controlled by limiting the source of inoculum.
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Often discarded potatoes from the previous season and self-sown tubers can act as sources of inoculum.
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However, these studies typically apply a large virus inoculum to ensure infection in control animals in single-challenge experiments.
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In this technique the number of viral plaques formed by a viral inoculum is counted, from which the actual virus concentration can be determined.
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More examples
  • Inoculant: a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
  • The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant
  • Cells added to start a culture or, in the case of viruses, viruses added to infect a culture of cells. Also for biological material injected into a human to induce immunity (a vaccine).
  • 1. Bacteria or fungi injected into compost to start biological action. 2. A medium containing organisms, usually bacteria or a virus, that is introduced into cultures or living organisms.
  • Any part or stage of a pathogen, such as spores or virus particles, that can infect a host.
  • Microorganisms produced from a pure culture used to start a new culture in a larger vessel than that in which they were grown.
  • A source or medium for introduction of microorganisms.
  • A small amount of a fungus used to inoculate fresh culture medium or to infect a host organism.
  • A pathogen or its parts which can cause infection when transferred to a favourable location ; the population of microorganisms introduced in an inoculation.