each other already, to Xantham/Xanthan Gum. According to Wiki, "Xanthan gum is a  polysaccharide  used as a  food additive  and  rheology  modifier. It is produced by  fermentation  of  glucose  or  sucrose  by the  Xanthomonas campestris   bacterium ." Yep, I don't understand that explanation much either.  Sounds like a kind of yeast