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The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12.

Science, 277, 1453-1462. 1997.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Blattner, Plunkett, Bloch....
Complete genome sequence of E. coli, the first complete genome sequence of an organism. Following p. 1462 there are two large, unpaginated, folding genome maps, each containing 3 pages of content.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

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