ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herelleviridae

J Gen Virol. 2020 Apr;101(4):362-363. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001392. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

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.

Keywords: Herelleviridae; ICTV Report; taxonomy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriophages / genetics*
  • Firmicutes / virology*
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Phylogeny
  • Virion / ultrastructure
  • Virus Replication

Associated data

  • Dryad/10.5061/dryad.106q6g6