单词 | zoogloea |
释义 | zoogloean. Microbiology. 1. In form Zoogloea: a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (family Pseudomonadaceae), typically occurring in masses or films surrounded by gelatinoid material, and often found in water containing sewage or other organic matter; (also zoogloea) a bacterium of this genus.Valid publication of the genus name: H. Itzigsohn 1868, in Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (19 Nov. 1867) 30/2. ΚΠ 1855 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 3 206 He [sc. Cohn] proposes a new name for this form—Zooglœa, with these characters.] 1861 A. Pritchard et al. Hist. Infusoria (ed. 4) 187 He [sc. Cohn] finds sufficient support from analogy to warrant him in assuming a like history for them [sc. the remaining Vibrios] as for Zooglœa. 1867 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 5 192 The spores of Zooglœa appear under a magnifying power of 300 to 480 as small points. 1914 Jrnl. Econ. Biol. 9 129 This zoogloea [sc. Zoogloea ramigera] is perhaps the most characteristic and important organism of this zone [of a sewage filter]. 1988 H. Stolp Microbial Ecol. iii. 80 Zoogloea is ubiquitous in organically enriched oxygenated waters. 2006 Biol. Bull. 210 75/2 The characterization of some of these epibionts as species of Zoogloea is problematic. 2. A mass or film of bacteria (sometimes with other microorganisms) surrounded by gelatinoid material. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > aggregate of zoogloea1872 symplasm1916 1872 Harper's Mag. Aug. 469/2 As the nitrogenous food of Bacteria is consumed they gradually cease to multiply, and pass from the movable to the quiescent condition, during which they secrete an intercellular substance, and heap this up into palmella-like masses (zooglœa). 1893 Amer. Naturalist 27 786 In Phaseolus vulgaris and Pisum sativum they [sc. Rhizobia] are often collected into Zoogloeae. 1901 F. D. Chester Man. Determinative Bacteriol. 109 Cocci [of Micrococcus cyaneus] elliptical; form zoögloea. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xvi. 344 The furthest tip of a hair is attacked, and in favourable conditions a small gelatinous mass of the bacteria develops soon thereafter. This is the zooglœa stage. 2008 New Scientist 28 June 89/4 The passage of water through a filter leads to the build-up of a zoogloea. Derivatives ˌzooˈgloeal adj. of, relating to, or of the nature of a zoogloea. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [adjective] > aggregate of zoogloeal1879 zoogloeic1883 symplastic1916 symplasmic1923 symplasmatic1974 1879 Cycl. Pract. Med. XVIII. 627 We may find..bacteria, both free and in the zoöglœal form. 1934 A. T. Henrici Biol. Bacteria xviii. 289 Nitrosomonas species may appear in cultures in two forms—as zoögloeal masses which rest at the bottom of liquid cultures, in which the cells are non-motile; and as motile ‘swarmers’. 1976 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 30 265 Protozoa crawl about the zoogloeal mass and occur in the liquor; most are free-swimming or stalked ciliates. 2014 R. S. Jackson Wine Sci. (ed. 4) viii. 656/1 The material moves to a clarifier, where the zoogloeal mass settles. ˌzooˈgloeic adj. now rare = zoogloeal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [adjective] > aggregate of zoogloeal1879 zoogloeic1883 symplastic1916 symplasmic1923 symplasmatic1974 1883 N.Y. Med. Times Aug. 155/2 These zoogloeic masses exist in caseous granulations. 1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Feb. 409/2 The giant or mother cells have the appearance of zoogloeic masses. 1957 U.S. Patent 2,809,933 5 The zoogloeic organisms are grown on the media surfaces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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