''Herelleviridae'' is a family of bacterial

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of the order ''Caudovirales'' infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes. The family has five subfamilies, 33 genera and 92 species. __TOC__

Etymology

The family's name, ''Herelle'' is in honor of

Félix d'Hérelle Félix d'Hérelle (25 April 1873 – 22 February 1949) was a French microbiologist. He was co-discoverer of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) and experimented with the possibility of phage therapy. D'Herelle has also been credited ...

, a

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, 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'' * '' Mooreparkvirus'' * '' Salchichonvirus'' * '' Tybeckvirus'' * '' Watanabevirus'' Lastly, the species '' Brochothrix virus A9'' is unassigned to a subfamily and genus.

References

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