Caudovirales

Herelleviridae is a family of bacterial viruses of the order Caudovirales infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes. The family has five subfamilies and 34 genera. On average, replication of family members is supported by 70% isolates of primary host species. __TOC__ ==Etymology== The family's name, Herelle is in honor of Félix d'Hérelle, a French-Canadian microbiologist, the suffix -viridae is the standard suffix for virus families.

thumb|Tailed bacteriophage structure: (1) head, (2) tail, (3) DNA, (4) capsid, (5) collar, (6) sheath, (7) tail fibres, (8) spikes, (9) base plate thumb|Transmission electron microscopy|Transmission electron micrograph of Gamma-Phage thumb|right|Illustrations of various caudoviricetes. Not to scale.

Autographivirales is an order of viruses in the class Caudoviricetes. Bacteria serve as natural hosts. The order has 4 families, 2 subfamilies unassigned to a family, and a large number of genera unassigned to a family.

species of virus

Ackermannviridae is a family of viruses in the order Pantevenvirales, class Caudoviricetes. Gammaproteobacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota serve as natural hosts. The family has two subfamilies and ten genera.