On 24 January 2008, they announced the successful creation of a synthetic bacterium, which they named Mycoplasma genitalium JCVI-1.0 (the name of the strain indicating J. Craig Venter Institute with its specimen number).
En xaneiro de 2008 anunciaron a creación dunha bacteria sintética que denominaron Mycoplasma genitalium JCVI-1.0 (o nome da cepa indica as siglas do J. Craig Venter Institute co seu número de espécime).