Xanthan gum: production, recovery, and properties.
Xanthan gum is a microbial polysaccharide of great commercial significance. This review focuses on various aspects of xanthan production, including the producing organism Xanthomonas campestris, the kinetics of growth and production, the downstream recovery of the polysaccharide, and the solution properties of xanthan.
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Departamento Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. fgochoa@eucmos.sim.ucm.es
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