The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zoogloea \Zo`["o]*gl[oe]"a\, n. [NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + ? any glutinous substance.] (Biol.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zo["o]gl[oe]a is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.
Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) 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.
Wikipedia
Zoogloea is a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria from the family of Rhodocyclaceae which belongs to the class of Betaproteobacteria.
Usage examples of "zoogloea".
The substance in which the young umbrella trees had been planted was a zoogloea, a glutinous mass of one-celled vegetables and somewhat larger anaerobic animal life that fed on the vegetables.
After the trees were transplanted into the roof of the tube to replace the dead adults, the zoogloea would be taken piecemeal back into the tube and dumped into the channel.
Towards the end of the day, he tried some of the zoogloea soup and managed to keep it down.