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Even monochrome! 
Rather should have used PNG instead 
full: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40585299
Rather should have used PNG instead
Gif and image written into the DNA of bacteria
An image and short film has been encoded in DNA, using the units of inheritance as a medium for storing information.
Using a genome editing tool known as Crispr, US scientists inserted a gif - five frames of a horse galloping - into the DNA of bacteria.
Then the team sequenced the bacterial DNA to retrieve the gif and the image, verifying that the microbes had indeed incorporated the data as intended.
The results appear in Nature journal.
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Eventually, the team wants to use the technique to create "molecular recorders".
An image and short film has been encoded in DNA, using the units of inheritance as a medium for storing information.
Using a genome editing tool known as Crispr, US scientists inserted a gif - five frames of a horse galloping - into the DNA of bacteria.
Then the team sequenced the bacterial DNA to retrieve the gif and the image, verifying that the microbes had indeed incorporated the data as intended.
The results appear in Nature journal.
(...)
Eventually, the team wants to use the technique to create "molecular recorders".
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