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. herelleviridae virion of genus okubovirus virus classification (unranked): virus realm: duplodnaviria kingdom: heunggongvirae phylum: uroviricota class: caudoviricetes order: caudovirales family: herelleviridae subfamilies and genera see text 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 schematic drawing of a bacillus phage spo1 virion of the genus okubovirus, cross section and lateral view. 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.