Scientists use synthetic genome to create E. coli Unlisted Video

According to a report by Gizmodo, scientists have created a new variant of the E. coli bacteria using an entirely synthetic genome. Building and replacing the large entire genome was just one of the team's reported goals, they also hope the resulting bacteria would use a reduced number of possible DNA base pair combinations in order to produce the 20 amino acids. Gizmodo reports that the now-obsolete sequences could be used to produce never-before-seen amino acids and proteins.