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Zaogalactina. A variant of the generic name Zoagalactina used by 

 Sette (1824, p. 51) for an organism which in 1819 caused red spots to 

 appear in various food stuffs such as bread, macaroni, rice, etc. Trev- 

 isan (1887, p. 278) says: 



Vincenzo Sette delegate d'officio ad investigare le cause del fenomeno che il 

 fanatesmo del popoli attribuiva ad un potere sopranaturele, mise in chiara pel 

 primo che la cagione unica n'era un frungo nuovo di genere e di specie, cui impose 

 il binomio Zaogalactina imetropha. Che se ventiquattio annipiu tardi Ehrenberg 

 erroneamente riferendo la Zaogalactina de Sette alle Monadi tragli Infusorj, 

 I'appello Mcnas prodigiosa, non per questo, per la volgare legge id priorito pot- 

 rebbe essere posposto il piu antico nome specific; und eche come vel 1879 in quest 

 'aula medesima proposi che aversse a chiamarsi Micrococcus imetrophus d'ora 

 umanza dovrebbe dirsi Bacillus imetrophus. 



The priority of Zaogalactina, or rather its definition was questioned 

 by Schroeter (1872, p. 109). He says: 



Sette beschrieb die rothen Schleimklumpschen schon 1824 als Zaogalactina 

 imetropha, sah aber die einzelnen, sie constituirenden Organismen nicht, dess- 

 halb kann dieser Name keine Prioritat fiir die Beziechung der Korperchen bean- 

 spruchen. 



He further states that he has found in potatoes red slimy drops 

 which were not bacteria, but yeasts. He contends that Sette's type 

 is therefore not recognizable and should be abandoned. 



The name Serratia (q.v.) evidently has priority. 



Zoagalactina. Enlows (1920, p. 98) states that this is the original 

 spelling for Zaogalactina (q.v.). 



Zoogalactina. A variant spelling of Zaogalactina used by Schroeter 

 (1872, p. 109) and others. 



Zoogloea. A generic name proposed by Cohn (1854, p. 123). He 

 gave the following description: 



Cellulae minimae bacilliformes hyaline, gelatina hyalina in massas globosas, 

 uvaeformes, mox membranaceae consociatae, dein singulae elapae, per aquam 

 vacillantes. The species named was Zoogloea termo. 



Itzigsohn (1867) named an organism Zoogloea ramigera. BolKnger 

 (1870, p. 583) used the name Zoogloea pulmonis egui. Billroth (1874, 

 p. 6) proposed that the terms Coccoglia or Gliacoccos should be sub- 

 stituted for Zoogloea. Eberth (1873) named an organism Zoogloea 

 Beigeliana. Cohn definitely abandoned Zoogloea (1872b, p. 141) 

 as a generic designation believing that this was simply a growth form. 



