zo·o·gloe·a also zo·o·gle·a 
(zō′ə-glēə)
(zō′ə-glēə)n. pl. zo·o·gloe·ae (-glēē′) or zo·o·gloe·as also zo·o·gle·ae (-glēē′) 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·gloeal adj.