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I think this would be the name of the complete life form, rather than the chromosome. Evercat 13:02, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Also note that the complete life form has not yet been created, at least according to the two sources we have. 87.75.165.169 21:42, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - both of you! I just saw this in the news and I thought it was quite interesting. But I'm no expert, and I knew that others would help to improve the article. So thanks! Grundle2600 00:18, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where was it created?

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[edit] Not a legitimate bacteriological name?

I'm probably being overly pendantic, but is it appropriate to italicize Mycoplasma laboratorium? As far as I can tell, this is not a name that has any nomenclatural standing, at least I can't find anywhere in IJSEM. I'm a botanist, not a bacteriologist, so I'm not too sure about the provisions of the Bacteriological Code (and how it would apply to engineered organisms), but it looks like "Mycoplasma laboratorium" is just something Venter made up. Be careful not to treat it as a formal scientific name. 63.78.97.2 (talk) 23:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)