what is bacteriophage phix174
The phi X 174 (or ÏX174) bacteriophage was the first DNA-based genome to be sequenced.This work was completed by Fred Sanger and his team in 1977. In 1962, Walter Fiers and Robert Sinsheimer had already demonstrated the physical, covalently closed circularity of ÏX174 DNA.n 2003, it was reported by Craig Venter's group that the genome of ÏX174 was the first to be completely assembled in vitro from synthesized oligonucleotides. The ÏX174 virus particle has also been successfully assembled in vitro.