zooglea


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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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Actually, the authors found, previously, links between the amount of filamentous bacteria and zooglea clusters and viscosity values of mixed liquors from conventional activated plants treating municipal wastewater, thus suggesting the use of rheological tools to control dysfunctions caused by the proliferation of specific microorganism [72].
Various diazotrophs were isolatedfrom rice roots and its rhizosphere, and were found to belong to the genera Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, and Zooglea (Malik et al.