Zoogloea
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| Zoogloea | |
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| Two strains of Zoogloea resiniphila. Wild type is on the left. The right is a strain unable to form floc. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodocyclales |
| Family: | Zoogloeaceae |
| Genus: | Zoogloea Itzigsohn 1868[1] |
| Type species | |
| Zoogloea ramigera | |
| Species | |
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Zoogloea caeni | |
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[2] in the Rhodocyclales of the class Betaproteobacteria.[3][4][2]
The genus Zoogloea was first described in the 19th century but has undergone substantial taxonomic revisions. A pivotal study by Shin, Hiraishi, and Sugiyama utilized 16S rRNA gene sequencing to update the classification of the genus,[5] thereby providing a clearer understanding of its diversity. This research allowed for better differentiation and classification of the various species within Zoogloea.
