Synthetic Genomics

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Synthetic Genomics is a company dedicated to using modified or synthetical produced microorganisms to produce the alternative fuels ethanol and hydrogen. Synthetic Genomics was founded in part by J. Craig Venter. Venter's previous company, Celera Genomics, was a driving force in the race to sequence the Human Genome.

The firm takes its name from the phrase synthetic genomics which is a scientific discipline of synthetic biology related to the generation of organisms artificially using genetic material.

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  1. About Synthetic Genomics. Synthetic Genomics' corporate website. Retrieved on November 26, 2005.
  2. Whitehouse, David. "Venter revives synthetic bug talk", BBC, July 4, 2005. 
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