Zoogloeaceae

Zoogloea, also known as zoöglœa or sewage fungus (though it is not a true fungus), is a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium that plays a role in wastewater treatment, the degradation of organic pollutants, and environmental bioremediation, from the family of Zoogloeaceae in the Rhodocyclales of the class Betaproteobacteria.