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The successful construction and transplantation into a cell of asynthetic Mycoplasma genome was an important milestone in syntheticbiology. Briefly describe the approach used in this project.

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The project to build the new bacterium has evolved since itsinception Initially the goal was to identify a minimal set ofgenes that are required to sustain life from the genome ofMycoplasma genitalium and rebuild these genes synthetically tocreate a new organism Mycoplasma genitalium was originallychosen as the basis for this project because at the time it had thesmallest number of genes of all organisms    See Answer
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