ackermannviridae ackermannviridae ackermannviridae is a family of viruses in the order caudovirales. gammaproteobacteria in the phylum pseudomonadota serve as natural hosts. there are 2 subfamilies, 10 genera, and 63 species in the family. ackermannviridae virus classification (unranked): virus realm: duplodnaviria kingdom: heunggongvirae phylum: uroviricota class: caudoviricetes family: ackermannviridae etymology the family's name, ackermann is in honor of hans-wolfgang ackermann (1936-2017), a german microbiologist, the suffix -viridae is the standard suffix for virus families. taxonomy the following taxa are recognized (-virinae denotes subfamily and -virus denotes genus): aglimvirinae agtrevirus limestonevirus cvivirinae kuttervirus incertae sedis genera: campanilevirus kujavirus miltonvirus nezavisimistyvirus taipeivirus tedavirus vapseptimavirus