Zoogloea
Sign in to saveZoogloea, 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderBurkholderiales
- FamilyRhodocyclaceae
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Research
463 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Zoogloea floc vs planktonic.tiff
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Zoogloea
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/zoogloea
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy and classification
- Wastewater treatment
- Bioremediation
- References
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.
==Taxonomy and classification==
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