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History and Description

Zoogloea can be found free-living in fresh waters that have been organically polluted. It can also grow in waste-water treatment at all levels. Zoogloea are aerobic, chemoorganotrophic. For energy they use oxidative metabolism. Zoogloea has been studied as a pure culture.

Interaction with other Organisms

PHB is produced whenever both a carbon source is highly present as well as B-ketothiolase. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is reduced by Z. ramigera. The species is also known to use Mn-oxidation metabolism, because the matrix made by Zoogloea takes in and concentrated metal in water sources.

References

http://web.mst.edu/~microbio/BIO221_2001/zoogloea_ramigera.html

http://web.mst.edu/~microbio/BIO221_2001/zoogloea_ramigera.html