Research Article
Manufacturing Economics of Plant-Made Biologics: Case Studies in Therapeutic and Industrial Enzymes
Table 6
Capital investment and operating costs for manufacturing of cellulases in field-cultivated plants (in 2013 US dollars).
| | | Plant-based cellulase production process | Fungal-based cellulase production process |
| | Total capital investment (millions of US dollars) | $11.5 | $81.5 | | Total annual operating costs per unit of cellulase production (millions of US dollars) | $20.0 | $29.9 | | Unit production cost ($/kg cellulase) | $6.98 | $10.6 |
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