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zo·o·gloe·a

also zo·o·gle·a  (zō′ə-glē′ə)
n. pl. zo·o·gloe·ae (-glē′ē′) or zo·o·gloe·as also zo·o·gle·ae (-glē′ē′) or zo·o·gle·as
1. Any of various highly motile, aerobic bacteria of the genus Zoogloea found especially in wastewater, where the cells aggregate into flocculent, gelatinous masses.
2. A mass of such bacteria or other bacteria.
[zoo- + New Latin gloea, gum (from Medieval Greek gloia, glia, gum, glue, from Greek gloios).]
zo′o·gloe′al adj.
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zo•o•gle•a

or zo•o•gloe•a

(ˌzoʊ əˈgli ə)

n., pl. -gle•as or -gloe•as, -gle•ae or -gloe•ae (-ˈgli i)
a jellylike mass of microorganisms.
[1875–80; zoo- + New Latin gloea gum < Greek gloía glue]
zo`o•gle′al, adj.
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Dissolved organic contaminants are removed from the wastewater by bacteria that are in a dispersed state, and the liquid clarification takes place in subsequent phases, wherein bacteria transform to the state of zoogloeas. Bacteria are represented by such types as pseudomonas, bacillus, nitrobacter, nitrosomonas, etc.
Dynamics of the alpha-biological diversity of aquatic organisms of the activated sludge
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