"Genomics pioneer Craig Venter and more than 20 colleagues engineered a living microbe with a genome simpler than any seen in nature. In other words, they created a life form whose relative simplicity and modular design"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ate-tiniest-life-form-yet-not-sure-what-it-is
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ate-tiniest-life-form-yet-not-sure-what-it-is