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Aspergillus oryzae, an Uncommon card
Aspergillus oryzae, also known as kōji mold, is a mold used in East Asia to saccharify rice, sweet potato, and barley in the making of alcoholic beverages such as sake and shōchū, and also to ferment soybeans for making soy sauce and miso.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 72,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Aspergillus oryzae quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Aspergillus oryzae card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A. oryzae is also used for the ______ of rice vinegars.
Answer
production. A. oryzae is also used for the production of rice vinegars. From the Aspergillus oryzae article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Steve Lombardi. Steve Lombardi 74 · Aspergillus oryzae 69 · Early Dynastic Period of Egypt 66 · Cannabis ruderalis 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is one of the different koji molds used for food fermentation.
- However, in the production of fermented foods of soybeans such as soy sauce and miso, Aspergillus sojae is sometimes used instead of A. oryzae.
- A. oryzae is also used for the production of rice vinegars.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Aspergillus oryzae article was read about 72,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Aspergillus oryzae
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The cards just above and just below Aspergillus oryzae in the power ranking, all domains together.
- SafetyUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 57
- Steve LombardiUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 53
- Zebulon PikeUncommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 57
- Battle of RocroiUncommon · History · ATK 63 DEF 64
- Clifford BrownUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 59
- Early Dynastic Period of EgyptUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 61
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Aspergillus oryzae (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Forrest O., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

