What nickname was given to the artificial life form created in 2010 by US biologist Craig Venter?
Craig Venter modified microorganisms to produce clean fuels and biochemicals. In July 2009, ExxonMobil announced a $600 million collaboration with Synthetic Genomics to research and develop next-generation biofuels. Venter continues to work on the creation of engineered diatomic microalgae for the production of biofuels. Venter is seeking to patent the first partially synthetic species possibly to be named "Mycoplasma laboratorium". There is speculation that this line of research could lead to producing bacteria that have been engineered to perform specific reactions, for example, produce fuels, make medicines, combat global warming, and so on. In May 2010, a team of scientists led by
J. Craig Venter Institute be used. To provide support for these facilities, Venter created the J. Craig Venter Institute Joint Technology Center (JTC), which specialized in high throughput sequencing. To provide administrative and financial support for TIGR, TCAG, IBEA and JTC, Venter created the non-profit J. Craig Venter Science Foundation (JCVSF) to consolidate activities between its affiliated organizations. In 2007, the Institute published the first diploid human genome, "i.e." the genome of a single individual (J. Craig Venter) in which both sets of chromosomes were sequenced. In 2010, the Institute determined the 1.08 million base pair "Mycoplasma mycoides" genome, which was then inserted into