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. __TOC__ 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.Jakub Barylski et al.: Analysis of Spounaviruses as a Case Study for the Overdue Reclassification of Tailed Phages. Systematic Biology, Volume 69, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 110–123, doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz036. epub 25 May 2019
Taxonomy
The following subfamilies and genera are assigned to Herelleviridae (-virinae denotes subfamily and -virus denotes genus): Bastillevirinae Agatevirus Bastillevirus Bequatrovirus Caeruleovirus Eldridgevirus Goettingenvirus Grisebachstrassevirus Jeonjuvirus Matervirus Moonbeamvirus Nitunavirus Shalavirus Siophivirus Tsarbombavirus Wphvirus Brockvirinae Kochikohdavirus Schiekvirus Jasinkavirinae Pecentumvirus Spounavirinae Okubovirus Siminovitchvirus Twortvirinae Baoshanvirus Kayvirus Sciuriunavirus Sepunavirus Silviavirus Twortvirus
The following genera are unassigned to a subfamily: Elpedvirus Harbinvirus Hopescreekvirus Klumppvirus Mooreparkvirus Salchichonvirus Tybeckvirus Watanabevirus
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