Ackermannviridae

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

Ackermannviridae is a family of viruses in the order Caudovirales. Gammaproteobacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota serve as natural hosts. There are 2 subfamilies, 10 genera, and 63 species in the family.

Etymology

The family's name, Ackermann 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):

• Aglimvirinae
  • Agtrevirus
  • Limestonevirus
• Cvivirinae
  • Kuttervirus

incertae sedis genera:

• Campanilevirus
• Kujavirus
• Miltonvirus
• Nezavisimistyvirus
• Taipeivirus
• Tedavirus
• Vapseptimavirus

External links

• ViralZone
• Data related to Ackermannviridae at Wikispecies