date:Sep 14, 2012
cost millions for the ingredient supply alone.
The high cost of 2FL has also been cited as a key reason for its absence in infant formula.
Cheap and quick production
Writing in the journal Microbial Cell Factories, Miller and his colleagues reveal how the oligosaccharide can now be produced using the modified E. Coli strain. The team says the bacterially synthesised 2FL can be produced very cheaply and quickly with a current return of 1 gram of 2FL per litre of E. Coli broth.
E. coli makes