Which of the following is NOT an example of synthetic biology?

A) assembling gene sequences together into genome and creating a living organism from it
B) creating a new metabolic pathway that produces a previously unidentified compound
C) developing a novel polyvalent vaccine
D) making Escherichia coli phototrophic


Answer: C

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