Inoculum

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In medicine, the infectious material or part of a pathogen that acts as an antigen is referred to as inoculum . They may be, for example, virus particles , bacterial cells or fungal spores act.

In biotechnology , this term refers to the amount of cells with which a fermenter is inoculated (see inoculation ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MTMadigan, JMMatinko: Brock microbiology . 11th edition. Pearson, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8273-7358-8 , pp. 1181 .