| BbhI | Bifidobacterium bifidum β-N-acetylhexosaminidase |
| BgaC | Bacillus circulans β3-galactosidase |
| BgaD | Bacillus circulans β4-galactosidase |
| ESI | electrospray ionization |
| Fuc | l-fucose |
| Gal | d-galactose |
| GH | glycoside hydrolase |
| Glc | d-glucose |
| GlcNAc | N-acetyl-d-glucosamine |
| GlcNAc-oxazoline | 1,2-dideoxy-2′-methyl-α-d-glucopyranoso-[2,1-d]-Δ2′-oxazoline |
| HILIC | hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography |
| HPLC | high performance liquid chromatography |
| HMO | human milk oligosaccharide |
| HRMS | high resolution mass spectrometry |
| IPTG | isopropyl 1-thio-β- d-galactopyranoside |
| LNnT | lacto-N-neotetraose (β-d-Gal-(1→4)-β-d-GlcNAc-(1→3)-β-d-Gal-(1→4)-d-Glc) |
| LNT | lacto-N-tetraose (β-d-Gal-(1→3)-β-d-GlcNAc-(1→3)-β-d-Gal-(1→4)-d-Glc) |
| LNT2 | lacto-N-triose II (β-d-GlcNAc-(1→3)-β-d-Gal-(1→4)-d-Glc) |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| Neu5Ac | N-acetyl-α-d-neuraminic acid |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| pNP-Gal | 4-nitrophenyl β-d-galactopyranoside |
| pNP-GlcNAc | 4-nitrophenyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β- d-glucopyranoside |