"Minimal bacterial genome"

Black Enterprise presents an article by Matthew Rimmer "Don't Feed the Trolls" which includes a reference to J. Craig Venter filing. a patent application in 2006 in respect of a "minimal bacterial genome." Refer to earlier posts on IPBiz, including

Mycoplasma laboratorium coming soon?

Rimmer also writes: patents have been granted in respect of human tissues, genes, stem cells and somatic nuclear cell transfer (so-called "therapeutic cloning").