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Craig Venter, Hamilton Smith, Claire Fraser and colleagues at TIGR elucidate the first complete genome sequence of a microorganism: Haemophilus influenza.

More Information:

R. D. Fleischmann, M. D. Adams, O. White, Etal. 1995.Whole-Genome Random Sequencing and Assembly of Haemophilus influenzae Rd.  In Microbiology: A Centenary Perspective, edited by Wolfgang K. Joklik, ASM Press. 1999, p.286 [pdf]

Microbial Genomics: in the Beginning, ASM News 65, 1999, p.322