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inoculum

/ih-nok-yuh-luhm/US // ɪˈnɒk yə ləm //UK // (ɪˈnɒkjʊləm) //

接种物,发酵剂,接种剂,接种液

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·oc·u·la [ih-nok-yuh-luh]. /ɪˈnɒk yə lə/.

    • : the substance used to make an inoculation.

Examples

  • “It’s very hard to sort out, but you wonder if increased inoculum of the virus is an extra factor,” he said.

  • Masking and reducing the viral inoculum, getting less severe disease, resulting in more people having asymptomatic infection, is a good outcome.

  • We’re putting forth a hypothesis that there’s a biological mechanism by which this could occur, where a lower viral inoculum leads to less severe illness.

  • Flame the plugs, open the tubes, sterilise the platinum needle and charge it with the inoculum as in the previous cultivations.

  • Sterilise the platinum loop, and add two loopfuls of diluted inoculum to tube No. 2, and mix as before.

  • Add one loopful of the inoculum to tube No. 1, treating the liquefied medium as bouillon.

  • Should any drops of the inoculum be forced out, they will fall on the filter paper, which should be immediately burned.

  • Introduce the inoculum in the form of an emulsion by means of another pipette.