First Genome Transplant Turns One Bacterial Species Into Another
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,2114428...
Reference:
Lartigue et al. Genome Transplantation in Bacteria: Changing One Species to Another. Science (2007)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,2114428...In the experiment, researchers extracted the whole genetic code from a simple bacterium, Mycoplasma mycoides. They squirted the DNA [LOL :<] into a test tube containing a related species, Mycoplasma capricolum. They found that some of the bacteria absorbed the new genome and ditched their own. These microbes grew and behaved exactly like the donor.
Reference:
Lartigue et al. Genome Transplantation in Bacteria: Changing One Species to Another. Science (2007)
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