ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herelleviridae
Jakub Barylski, Andrew M. Kropinski, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Evelien M. Adriaenssens
Abstract
Members of the family Herelleviridae are bacterial viruses infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes. The virions have myovirus morphology and virus genomes comprise a linear dsDNA of 125–170 kb. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Herelleviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/herelleviridae.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyVirus classificationVirologyTaxonomy (biology)GenomeVirusPhylumGeneticsBacteriaZoologyGenePlant Virus Research StudiesBacteriophages and microbial interactionsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology