“…A variety of microorganisms produce biopolymers useful for application in MEOR, including species belonging to the genera Alcaligenes, Aureobasidium, Bacillus, Leuconostoc, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas and Xanthomonas [1,4,12,[20][21][22][23][24]. Among these biopolymers, xanthan gum, produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris, stands out.…”