inoculum
Initial microbial dose
Inoculum is the material used to start a biological culture or infection—bacteria, viruses, spores, or cells introduced into a growth medium or host organism.
In medicine, an inoculum might be a vaccine preparation; in microbiology, it's the sample transferred to begin cultivation: The technician added a small inoculum to each petri dish.
Plural: inocula or inoculums.
Protective medical injection
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- shotQuick liquor serving
- doseQuantity of medicine
- adjuvantImmunity-boosting additive
booster · antigen · serum · injection · attenuated · inactivated · prophylaxis · immunogen
Single-celled prokaryotic life
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
strain · yeast · mold · microbe · culture · isolate · clone · probiotic
Algae-derived gelling substance
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- petriLaboratory dish name
- bioreactorVessel for growing organisms
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
aseptic · sterilization · flask · plate · colonies · cultivation · fermentation · loop
Move between locations
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- growthIncrease in size
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
colonization · establishment · engraftment · seeding · spreading · passage · expansion · replication
immunization
Protective medical injection
adjuvant · booster · antigen · serum · injection · attenuated · inactivated · prophylaxis · immunogen · intradermal
bacterium
Single-celled prokaryotic life
pathogen · strain · yeast · mold · microbe · culture · isolate · clone · probiotic · phage
agar
Algae-derived gelling substance
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- petriLaboratory dish name
- bioreactorVessel for growing organisms
incubation · aseptic · sterilization · flask · plate · colonies · cultivation · fermentation · loop · pipette
transfer
Move between locations
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- growthIncrease in size
amplification · colonization · establishment · engraftment · seeding · spreading · passage · expansion · replication · scale-up
medium
Middle size or state
soil · compost · sterile · pH · organic · minerals · enrichment · TSB
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- bacterial coloniescolony, petri dish, circular, convex, raised
- Biogasbiogas, methane, biomethane, feedstock, fermenter
- Microbial TestingMIC, bacterial culture, growth inhibition, culture plate, resistant
- fungimushroom, mushrooms, toadstool, toadstools, yeast
- fermentationyeast, brewers yeast, wine fermentation, wine yeast, wild yeast
inoculation, inoculate, inoculated, inoculations, inoculator, inoculating, inoculates