Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0
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JCVI-syn1.0 was a synthetic bacterium created by scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute. It was the first self-replicating cell controlled by a synthetic genome. Researchers synthesized the entire genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides and then transplanted it into a cell of a different species, Mycoplasma capricolum. The recipient cell then began to function and replicate according to the instructions of the synthetic M. mycoides genome, effectively becoming a synthetic organism. This groundbreaking achievement in synthetic biology demonstrated the ability to create life from artificial components.12
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