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Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "A team of North American scientists has discovered a way of replicating the DNA code of a bacterium that could eventually allow the creation of bacteria to manufacture biofuels. Reporting in 'Science' magazine, a 17-strong group of scientists from the J Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, has constructed a bacterium's genome by chemically synthesising blocks of DNA. These are knitted together to create larger pieces of DNA that can be formed to make a synthetic version of Mycoplasma genitalium. Dr Craig Venter believes that specially-made micro-organisms can be created to produce hydrogen, while another strain could absorb excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."