Ackermannviridae
Sign in to saveAckermannviridae 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.
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FAMILY
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumUroviricota
- ClassCaudoviricetes
- OrderCaudovirales
- FamilyAckermannviridae
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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.
==Etymology== The family's name, Ackermann is in honor of (1936–2017), a German microbiologist, the suffix -viridae is the standard suffix for virus families.
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