inoculum

Noun

Meaning

a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease

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If inoculum is not added, fermentation could take up to 7 days. Source: Internet

Virus or phage cultures require a two-stage inoculation: after the agar preparation, bacteria are grown in the dish to provide hosts for the viral inoculum. Source: Internet

When inoculum is added, fermentation can take approximately 20 hours to 3 days. Source: Internet

Tool released Fear Inoculum, its first new album in 13 years, in August, and is in the midst of an accompanying tour. Source: Internet

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