Mycoplasma laboratorium | Wikipedia audio article

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00:01:30 1 iMycoplasma/i
00:02:49 2 Other genera
00:04:17 3 Minimal genome project
00:10:55 4 Bacterial genome transplantation
00:12:52 5 Bacterial chromosome synthesis
00:14:45 6 Synthetic genome
00:18:15 6.1 Watermarks
00:20:59 7 Concerns and controversy
00:21:09 7.1 Press coverage
00:21:37 7.2 Utility
00:22:57 7.3 Intellectual property
00:23:31 8 JCVI-syn3.0
00:24:52 9 Similar projects



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Mycoplasma laboratorium is a designed, partially synthetic species of bacterium derived from the genome of Mycoplasma genitalium. This effort in synthetic biology is being undertaken at the J. Craig Venter Institute by a team of approximately 20 scientists headed by Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith and including DNA researcher Craig Venter and microbiologist Clyde A. Hutchison III. Mycoplasma genitalium was chosen as it was the species with the smallest number of genes known at that time.
On May 21, 2010, Science reported that the Venter group had successfully synthesized the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides from a computer record and transplanted it into an existing cell of Mycoplasma capricolum that had its DNA removed. The team used M. mycoides instead of M. genitalium because it grew faster. The new bacterium was viable—that is, capable of replicating billions of times—but not, strictly speaking, a truly synthetic life form.It is estimated that the synthetic genome cost US$40 million and 200 man-years to produce. Despite the controversy, Venter's company Synthetic Genomics has secured over $110 million in investment capital and inked a $300 million deal with Exxon Mobil to design algae for diesel fuel.