Ensemencement

English translation: Inoculation/Plating

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French term or phrase:Ensemencement
English translation:Inoculation/Plating

21:16 Dec 16, 2018
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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Urine microbiology results
French term or phrase: Ensemencement
Hi,
I am translating a microbiology report
I have
- Prélèvement: date
- Reçu le: date
- Ensemencement: date

Does "ensemencement" mean "seeding"?

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Joanna
joanna menda
Canada
Local time: 21:55
Inoculation/Plating
Explanation:
"Inoculation date" is what I'd go with since it's the generic term and we don't know whether it's a liquid culture or not.
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Alex Grimaldi
France
Local time: 03:55
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4 +1Seeding
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Inoculation/Plating


Explanation:
"Inoculation date" is what I'd go with since it's the generic term and we don't know whether it's a liquid culture or not.


    Reference: http://https://www.addgene.org/protocols/inoculate-bacterial...
Alex Grimaldi
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agree  Anton Konashenok
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Seeding


Explanation:
Maintaining and preparing cultures of bacteria and yeasts | Nuffield ...
www.nuffieldfoundation.org › ... › Standard techniques

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24 nov. 2011 - To transfer cultures, scrape a small amount of bacteria or yeast cells off the agar slope of a culture using a sterile loop. Wipe the loop over a fresh agar slope to seed a new culture directly or, preferably, shake the loop in a small volume of sterile nutrient broth.
Seed culture and its effect on the growth and lactic acid production of ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12682863

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de A Amrane - ‎2003 - ‎Cité 9 fois - ‎Autres articles
Effects of seed culture medium on the subsequent culture of L. helveticus growing on ... Bioreactors/microbiology; Cell Division; Culture Media; Fermentation ...


Drmanu49
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James Davis: Absolutely. This term frequently arises in the context of meningeal seeding as well. "Seeding" is the correct term.
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