Lederbergvirus P22
| Bacteriophage P22 | |
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| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Uroviricota |
| Class: | Caudoviricetes |
| Genus: | Lederbergvirus |
| Species: | Lederbergvirus P22 |
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Salmonella virus P22 is a bacterial virus (bacteriophage) that infects Salmonella typhimurium. Like many phages, it has been used in molecular biology to induce mutations in cultured bacteria and to introduce foreign genetic material. P22 has been used in generalized transduction and is an important tool for investigating Salmonella genetics.