Herelleviridae
# Herelleviridae

Herelleviridae is a family of bacterial viruses of the order Caudovirales infecting members of the phylum Firmicutes. The family has five subfamilies, 33 genera and 92 species.

## 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.

## Taxonomy

The following subfamilies and genera are assigned to Herelleviridae (-virinae denotes subfamily and -virus denotes genus):

* Bastillevirinae
   * Agatevirus
   * Bastillevirus
   * Bequatrovirus
   * Caeruleovirus
   * Eldridgevirus
   * Goettingenvirus
   * Grisebachstrassevirus
   * Jeonjuvirus
   * Matervirus
   * Moonbeamvirus
   * Nitunavirus
   * Shalavirus
   * Siophivirus
   * Tsarbombavirus
   * Wphvirus
* Brockvirinae
   * Kochikohdavirus
   * Schiekvirus
* Jasinkavirinae
   * Pecentumvirus
* Spounavirinae
   * Okubovirus
   * Siminovitchvirus
* Twortvirinae
   * Baoshanvirus
   * Kayvirus
   * Sciuriunavirus
   * Sepunavirus
   * Silviavirus
   * Twortvirus

The following genera are unassigned to a subfamily:

* Elpedvirus
* Harbinvirus
* Hopescreekvirus
* Mooreparkvirus
* Salchichonvirus
* Tybeckvirus
* Watanabevirus

Lastly, the species Brochothrix virus A9 is unassigned to a subfamily and genus.

