December 30, 1953
Dear Mr, Bailey:

I have your letter of the 30th; BE€22 is tucked away in lyophil, as we have no
current use for it, but I thought the phage itself (PLT22), which I had in the
frig’! would do at least as well and I could get it to you much sooner. You should
have no trouble growing this on any of a varisty of group B or D strains, as des~
cribed, though there will be of course considerable strain specificity. If you
have any particular need for LT22, or,more likely, for TM2, just drop me a postcard.

Best wishes for the season, and in your transduction experiments, and please
do let me know how they go off.

Yours sincerely.
P.S. I am entertaining applications for research
assistantahips from candidates who would be interested
in pursuing studies on Salmonella genetics in this Joshua Lederberg
laboratory. I would be especially interested Associate Professor of Genetics
in applicants who have already had some experience

in Salmohella serology. I appreciate you are committed yourself, b
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