So just how small is that minimal genome? Clicking through to the original paper... JCV-syn3.0 has 531 kilobases (kbp) with 473 genes. That's 531 kb, which i

So just how small is that minimal genome? Clicking through to the original paper... JCV-syn3.0 has 531 kilobases (kbp) with 473 genes. That's 531 kb, which is about 66 kB, equivalent to a 256x256 8-level greyscale image, or 22 QR codes. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad6253 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad6253