Peduoviridae | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
Phylum: | Uroviricota |
Class: | Caudoviricetes |
Family: | Peduoviridae |
Genera | |
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Peduoviridae is a family of viruses in the class Caudoviricetes.[1][2] It was previously treated as a subfamily of the morphology based family Myoviridae, which has been found to be paraphyletic and is no longer recognised.[1] Bacteria serve as natural hosts. There are 126 species in this subfamily, assigned to 58 genera.[2]