''Ackermannviridae'' is a family of
viruses
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in the order ''
Pantevenvirales'', class ''
Caudoviricetes
''Caudoviricetes'' is a class of viruses known as tailed viruses and head-tail viruses (''cauda'' is Latin for "tail"). It is the sole representative of its own phylum, ''Uroviricota'' (from ''ouros'' (ουρος), a Greek word for "tailed" + ...
''.
Gammaproteobacteria
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in the phylum
Pseudomonadota
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serve as natural hosts. The family has two subfamilies and ten genera.
Etymology
The family's name, ''Ackermann'' is in honor of
Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann (1936–2017), a
German
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microbiologist
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, the suffix ''-viridae'' is the standard suffix for virus families.
[Hans-W. Ackermann]
Life in science
Bacteriophage. 2012 Oct 1; 2(4): 207. doi: 10.4161/bact.23159 . . A .
Taxonomy
The following taxa are recognized (-''virinae'' denotes subfamily and -''virus'' denotes genus):
* ''
Aglimvirinae''
** ''
Agtrevirus''
** ''
Limestonevirus''
* ''
Cvivirinae''
** ''
Kuttervirus''
''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'' genera (not assigned to a subfamily):
* ''
Campanilevirus''
* ''
Kujavirus''
* ''
Miltonvirus''
* ''
Nezavisimistyvirus''
* ''
Taipeivirus''
* ''
Tedavirus''
* ''
Vapseptimavirus''
References
External links
ViralZone*
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Virus families
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