image: Researchers have designed and synthesized a minimal bacterial genome, containing only the genes necessary for life. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 25, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by C.A. Hutchison III at J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome." view more
Credit: C. Bickel / <i>Science</i> (2016)