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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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Likewise, the effects of filaments on floc structure, their abundance (with respect to each floc), and the presence of other important factors, such as free cells in suspension, inorganic/organic particles, and zoogleas, were recorded.
The paper [78] puts forward several hypotheses to explain the lack of flocculation: firstly, the absence of floc forming microorganisms (such as zoogleas, not found also in the present case, as previously mentioned); secondly, the impossibility to reach the physiological state enabling the flocculation; finally, the establishment of medium conditions interfering with flocculation and coagulation.
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].
Rheology and Microbiology of Sludge from a Thermophilic Aerobic Membrane Reactor
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