ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Herelleviridae. (5th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barylski, Jakub; Kropinski, Andrew M.; Alikhan, Nabil-Fareed; Adriaenssens, Evelien M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of general virology. Volume 101:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 362
• Page End: 363
• Publication Date: 2020-04-05
• Subjects: Herelleviridae -- ICTV Report -- taxonomy; Virology -- Periodicals; Viruses; Microbiology; Virology; Virologie -- Périodiques; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Virology; Virologie; Virologie; Electronic journals; Periodical; Periodicals; 579.2
• DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001392
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1317

Abstract

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 .