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Complementation tests between the temperate Salmonella phages P22 and L were performed. The results obtained from mixed infection and superinfection complementation experiments suggest a high degree of genetic homology between both phages.
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Kahmann, R., Prell, H.H. Complementation between P22 Amber mutants and phage L. Molec. Gen. Genet. 113, 363–366 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272337
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272337