Sanger and his team of scientists created a library of the bacteriophage , phi X 174 , for use in DNA sequencing .
The first DNA - based genome ever fully sequenced was achieved by two - time Nobel Prize winner , Frederick Sanger , in 1977 .
Frederick Sanger and Frederick Sanger 's team of scientists created a library of the bacteriophage , phi X 174 , for use in DNA sequencing .
The first DNA - based genome ever fully sequenced was achieved by two - time Nobel Prize winner , Frederick Sanger , in 1977 .