Artificial Life One Step Closer: Scientists Clone And Engineer Bacterial Genomes In Yeast And Transplant Genomes Back Into Bacterial Cells

Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, have just published results describing new methods in which the entire **bacterial genome** from Mycoplasma mycoides was cloned in a **yeast** cell by adding yeast centromeric plasmid sequence to the bacterial chromosome. Researchers modified it in yeast using yeast genetic systems. This modified bacterial chromosome was then isolated from yeast and transplanted into a related species of bacteria, **Mycoplasma capricolum**, to create a new type of **M. mycoides** cell. More "Sciencedaily":[ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090821205730.htm]

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