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Scientists shrink the genetic code of E. coli to contain only 57 of its usual 64 codons (phys.org)

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[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago

The resulting bacteria made with the new code were indeed a living organism, but the researchers found that they grow around four times slower than the parent strain—a problem they hope to eventually fix.

9% reduction in genome size. 400% increase in replication time. Impressive feat of generic engineering or truly terrible compression algorithm?