—This is a de novo anthracis.0

Rosaline said.0

De novo was a Latin biological term meaning “new”. It usually referred to the artificial splicing of DNA from scratch. De novo material was not reproduced from a pre-existing living organism; it was implied that it was artificially synthesized. The result was no different, but the word was used to describe the difference between the processes.0

—It’s not quite an artificial life, but it is artificial in many ways. It’s different from A-Gen’s anthrax weapon, which was just a separation between evolved males and females.0

Rosaline said.0

—It kept most of the shell and organelles of anthracis, but most of the genes are different. Almost all of the genes are new and biosynthesized, and many are from other pathogenic bacteria.0

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It was a kind of chimeric variant. Chimeric organisms were harder to create as the organisms became more complex, but it was relatively easy for bacteria. Even so, manipulating anthracis to this extent was a daunting task for even the most experienced university professors. It would take GSC members like Michelle a year or two if she...0