Zoogloea Definition

zōōglēə, zōəglēə
zoogloea, zoogloeae
noun
A colony of bacteria forming a jellylike mass as the result of the swelling of the cell walls through the absorption of water.
Webster's New World
A mass of such bacteria or other bacteria.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Zoogloea

Noun

Singular:
zoogloea
Plural:
zoogloeae

Origin of Zoogloea

  • zoo– New Latin gloea gum (from Medieval Greek gloia, glia gum, glue) (from Greek gloios)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • zoo- +"Ž gloea, from Ancient Greek γλοία (gloia), γλία (glia, “glue")

    From Wiktionary

Zoogloea Sentence Examples

  • Egg-shaped mass of zoogloea of Beggiatoa roseo-persicina (Bacterium rubescens of Lankester); the gelatinous swollen walls of the large crowded cocci are fused into a common gelatinous envelope.

  • The rod-like bodies from the intenor of the tube, which has considerable resemblance to the zoogloea of many Bacteria, are liberated into the interior of the cells of the tubercle and fill it, increasing by a process of branching and fission.

  • In some cases the zoogloea thread or tube has not been seen, the organism consisting entirely of the bacterioids.

  • Mixed zoogloea found as a pellicle on the surface of vegetable infusions, &c.; it consists of various forms, and contains cocci (a) and rodlets, in series (b and c), &c. (x 540).

  • Branched fruticose zoogloea of Cladothrix (slightly magnified).

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