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Zoogloea


Zoˊo-gloe′a

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Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
ζῶ,ον
an animal + [GREEK] any glutinous substance.]
(Biol.)
A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.

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zoogloea

zoogloea

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Noun

zoogloea (plural zoogloeas or zoogloeae)

  1. (biology) A colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution.