| Salmonella virus P22 | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Uroviricota |
| Class: | Caudoviricetes |
| Order: | Caudovirales |
| Family: | Podoviridae |
| Genus: | Lederbergvirus |
| Species: | Salmonella virus P22
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Salmonella virus P22 is a bacteriophage in the Podoviridae family that infects Salmonella typhimurium.[1] Like many phages, it has been used in molecular biology to induce mutations in cultured bacteria and to introduce foreign genetic material.[2] P22 has been used in generalized transduction and is an important tool for investigating Salmonella genetics.[1]
- ^ a b Peter E. Prevelige Jr. (2006). Richard Calender (ed.). The Bacteriophages (2nd ed.). New York, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 457–468. ISBN 978-0-19-514850-3.
- ^ Snyder L, Champness W (2007). Molecular Genetics of Bacteria (3rd ed.). ASM Press. ISBN 978-1-55581-399-4.