zoogloealhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoogloeal_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoogloeal, adj.
Revised 2017

zoogloealadjective

Microbiology.
  1. 1879–
    Of, relating to, or of the nature of a zoogloea.
    Stressed as ˌzooˈgloeal.
    1. 1879
      We may find..bacteria, both free and in the zoöglœal form.
      Cyclopædia of Practice of Medicine vol. XVIII. 627
    2. 1934
      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’.
      A. T. Henrici, Biology of Bacteria xviii. 289
    3. 1976
      Protozoa crawl about the zoogloeal mass and occur in the liquor; most are free-swimming or stalked ciliates.
      Annual Review of Microbiology vol. 30 265
    4. 2014
      The material moves to a clarifier, where the zoogloeal mass settles.
      R. S. Jackson, Wine Science (ed. 4) viii. 656/1

Originally published as part of the entry for zoogloea, n.

zoogloea, n. was revised in June 2017.