▁J . ▁Craig ▁V enter ▁Institute ▁synth es ized ▁a ▁modified ▁version ▁( J CV I - syn 1 . 0 ) ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁base ▁pair ▁M . ▁my co ides ▁gen ome ▁and ▁impl anted ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁DNA - free ▁b acter ial ▁shell ▁of ▁My cop las ma ▁cap ric ol um ; ▁the ▁resulting ▁organ ism ▁was ▁shown ▁to ▁be ▁self - rep lic ating . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁V enter ▁Institute ▁used ▁gen es ▁from ▁the ▁ ▁J CV I - syn 1 . 0 ▁to ▁synth es ize ▁an ▁even ▁smaller ▁gen ome ▁they ▁call ▁J CV I - syn 3 . 0 , ▁that ▁contains ▁ 5 3 1 , 5 6 0 ▁base ▁pairs ▁and ▁ 4 7 3 ▁gen es . ▁A ▁comparison ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁genom es ▁revealed ▁a ▁common ▁set ▁of ▁ 2 5 6 ▁gen es ▁which ▁the ▁team ▁thinks ▁could ▁represent ▁a ▁minimal ▁set ▁of ▁gen es ▁needed ▁for ▁vi ability . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Type ▁stra in ▁of ▁My cop las ma ▁my co ides ▁at ▁Bac D ive ▁- ▁ ▁the ▁B acter ial ▁D iversity ▁Met ad atabase ▁ ▁Category : C ry oz oa ▁Category : B acter ia ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁Category : My cop las ma <0x0A> </s> ▁Jac opo ▁D all ' O g lio ▁( born ▁ 2 ▁April ▁