Herelleviridae

Herelleviridae is a family of bacterial viruses of the order Caudovirales infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes.^[1] The family has five subfamilies and 34 genera.^[2] On average, replication of family members is supported by 70% isolates of primary host species.^[3]

Herelleviridae
Virion of genus Okubovirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Duplodnaviria
Kingdom:	Heunggongvirae
Phylum:	Uroviricota
Class:	Caudoviricetes
Family:	Herelleviridae
Subfamilies and genera
See text

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.^[4]

Taxonomy

Schematic drawing of a Bacillus phage SPO1 virion of the genus Okubovirus, cross section and lateral view.

The following subfamilies and genera are assigned to Herelleviridae (-virinae denotes subfamily and -virus denotes genus):^[2]

• 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:^[2]

• Elpedvirus
• Harbinvirus
• Hopescreekvirus
• Klumppvirus
• Mooreparkvirus
• Salchichonvirus
• Tybeckvirus
• Watanabevirus