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 [[Craig Venter|J. Craig Venter]]. Venter's previous company, [[Celera Genomics]], was a driving force in the race to sequence the [[Human Genome Project|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.
==References==
# {{cite web
|title=About Synthetic Genomics
|work=Synthetic Genomics' corporate website
|url=http://www.syntheticgenomics.com/about.htm
|accessmonthday=November 26
|accessyear=2005}}
# {{cite news
|first=David
|last=Whitehouse
|title= Venter revives synthetic bug talk
|date=July 4, 2005
|publisher=BBC
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4636121.stm}}
[[Category:Biotechnology companies]]
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