First self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell constructed

Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) published results today describing the successful construction of the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell. The team synthesised the 1.08 million base pair chromosome of a modified Mycoplasma mycoides genome. The synthetic cell is called Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 and is the proof of principle that genomes can be designed in the computer, chemically made in the laboratory and transplanted into a recipient cell to produce a new self-replicating cell controlled only by the synthetic genome...

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