文特尔的研究小组使用了合成基因组激活了世界上第一个人造细菌细胞。

Venter’s team uses a synthetic genome to boot up the world’s first man-made bacterial cell.

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细菌细胞在很多基本方面与人类细胞不同，因此，有更多开发新药物的机会。

Bacterial cells differ from human cells in many fundamental ways, so there are more opportunities for new drug development.

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我认为这是首次有人证明细菌细胞实际上能够感知有气味的气体，比如说想氨气。

I think it's the first time someone has shown that bacterial cells can actually sense odorous gases like ammonia.

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Remember that these cells are relatively large compared to bacteria and so diffusion doesn't occur very quickly over this length scale.

要知道这些细胞相对细菌而言,还是比较大的,扩散作用在这种尺度上,发生得不是那么快

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When they do that they can actually engulf the bacteria in a process called phagocytosis and break them down into antigens.

免疫细胞确实是将细菌整个吞进了肚内,这一过程称为吞噬作用,并将细菌分解成小抗原

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Bacterial cells are small, one to two microns in diameter and this shows a picture of a common bacterium called E. Coli.

细菌细胞很小,直径只有一到两个微米,这张图片是一种常见细菌,大肠杆菌

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