Herelleviridae
Herelleviridae is a family of bacterial viruses of the order Caudovirales infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes. The family has five subfamilies and 34 genera. On average, replication of family members is supported by 70% isolates of primary host species.
Etymology
The family's name, Herelle is in honor of Félix d'Hérelle, a French-Canadian microbiologist, the suffix -viridae is the standard suffix for virus families.Taxonomy
The following subfamilies and genera are assigned to Herelleviridae :Bastillevirinae- * Agatevirus
- * Bastillevirus
- * Bequatrovirus
- * Caeruleovirus
- * Eldridgevirus
- * Goettingenvirus
- * Grisebachstrassevirus
- * Jeonjuvirus
- * Matervirus
- * Moonbeamvirus
- * Nitunavirus
- * Shalavirus
- * Siophivirus
- * Tsarbombavirus
- * WphvirusBrockvirinae
- * Kochikohdavirus
- * SchiekvirusJasinkavirinae
- * PecentumvirusSpounavirinae
- * Okubovirus
- * SiminovitchvirusTwortvirinae
- * Baoshanvirus
- * Kayvirus
- * Sciuriunavirus
- * Sepunavirus
- * Silviavirus
- * Twortvirus
- ''Watanabevirus''