RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 McIntosh, A. F. A1 Meyrath, J.YR 1963 T1 Size of Inoculum and Nitrogen Metabolism in Aspergillus oryzae JF Microbiology, VO 33 IS 1 SP 57 OP 62 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-33-1-57 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB SUMMARY: The influence of size of inoculum on the nitrogen metabolism of Aspergillus oryzae in submerged culture was studied. In producing a given weight of mycelium a large-inoculum culture, as compared with a small-inoculum culture, showed a higher degree of assimilation of nitrogen and a lower excretion of nitrogen over most of the growth curve. This comparatively greater efficiency of the large-inoculum culture became more pronounced when mechanical stress in the culture was increased. Under high mechanical stress, the inefficiency of a small-inoculum culture was so marked that in forming unit weight of mycelium it utilized more inorganic nitrogen than did a large-inoculum culture., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-33-1-57