Aliceevansviridae

Aliceevansviridae is a family of viruses in the class Caudoviricetes.^[1][2] The family was announced in 2022 and contains three genera, along with an unofficial species unassigned to a genus, SMHBZ8.^[1]

Aliceevansviridae
TEM image of a SMHBZ8 virion
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Duplodnaviria
Kingdom:	Heunggongvirae
Phylum:	Uroviricota
Class:	Caudoviricetes
Family:	Aliceevansviridae
Genera
Brussowvirus Moineauvirus Vansinderenvirus

Etymology

The family's name, Aliceevans, is in honor of Alice Catherine Evans (1881–1975), an American microbiologist, the suffix -viridae is the standard suffix for virus families.^[2]