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Inoculate
To treat, usually seeds, with microorganisms to create a favourable response. Most often refers to the treatment of legume seeds with Rhizobium or Bradyrhizobium to stimulate dinitrogen fixation but also refers to the introduction of microbial cultures into sterile growth medium.
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