Herelleviridae

Herelleviridae
Virion of genus Okubovirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Herelleviridae
Subfamilies and genera

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Herelleviridae is a family of bacterial viruses of the order Caudovirales infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes.[1] The family has five subfamilies, 33 genera and 92 species.[2]

  1. ^ Barylski, J; Kropinski, AM; Alikhan, NF; Adriaenssens, EM; ICTV Report Consortium (April 2020). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herelleviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 101 (4): 362–363. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001392. PMC 7414437. PMID 32022658.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.