Board Thread:Fossil Fuels/@comment-3213993-20150313034225

The lysine deficiency in JP would not work in real life, as all animals are reliant on lysine. However, scientists have created [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-life-made-with-custom-safeguards/ bacteria that are reliant on a synthetic amino acid that they cannot produce in order to survive. ] Similar safeguards could be engineered into animals like dinosaurs, though that would be harder to do. 