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Ackermannviridae

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Family of viruses

Ackermannviridae
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Family: Ackermannviridae

Ackermannviridae is a family of viruses in the class Caudoviricetes. Gammaproteobacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota serve as natural hosts. There are two subfamilies, ten genera, and 63 species in the family.

Etymology

The family's name, Ackerman is in honor of Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann (1936–2017), a German microbiologist, the suffix -viridae is the standard suffix for virus families.

Taxonomy

The following taxa are recognized (-virinae denotes subfamily and -virus denotes genus):

incertae sedis genera:

References

  1. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. 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
  3. Hans-W. Ackermann: Life in science. Bacteriophage. 2012 Oct 1; 2(4): 207. doi: 10.4161/bact.23159 PMC 3594207. PMID 23533969. A curriculum vitae.

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Taxon identifiers
Ackermannviridae


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