Xanthomonas Campestris

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xanthomonas campestris is a bacterial species which causes a variety of plant diseases. Available from the NCPPB, and other international Culture collections such as ICMP, ATCC, and LMG in a purified form, it is used in the commercial production of a high molecular weight polysaccharide, xanthan gum, that is an efficient viscosifier of water and that has many important uses, especially in the food industry. Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae