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Genome data were made available for the Xanthomonas campestris strain NRRL B-1459. Bacteria of this strain were applied when the production of the commercially important polysaccharide xanthan was scientifically analyzed.
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Xanthan is the commercially most important polysaccharide of bacterial origin. Besides other applications, it is frequently used in convenience food and a crucial constituent of drilling fluids applied to drill crude oil and natural gas wells.
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This page is a summary of: Draft genome of the xanthan producer Xanthomonas campestris NRRL B-1459 (ATCC 13951), Journal of Biotechnology, June 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.03.026.
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