Etymology

from Methanobacteriales, referring to the host of the viruses; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from anaerobic digester, referring to the source of isolation for a virus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin armatus meaning “armed”, referring to exolysins with multiple pseudomurein degradation domains encoded in the genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek  καιρός (kairos) meaning the “time of opportunity”, referring to the finding of proviruses in the genomes of Methanobrevibacter that are related to viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

to honour the Swiss microbiologist Thomas Leisinger, who isolated the virus psiM2; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin piger, meaning “lazy”,  referring to the presence of viruses of the family mostly as integrated elements; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Indonesian usus, meaning intestine, referring to the sample source; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from Nakon, the most powerful god of war in Mayan mythology; the suffix -virales for order taxa; connection unclear

from Ah Puch, the god of death in the Mayan mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear

from Ek Chuah, the patron god of warriors and merchants in the Mayan mythology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear

from the Greek pan, meaning all-inclusive, and T-even, the description that was used for bacteriophages related to the Escherichia coli phages T2, T4 and T6; the suffix -virales for order taxa  

to honour Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann, a German microbiologist, past life member of ICTV, a pioneer of electron microscopy and the taxonomy of prokcaryotic viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos), meaning “dark blue”, referring to the cyanobacterial hosts to viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the name of the Greek philosopher Strabo; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear

from Thumleima, the goddess and the female personification of salt, and natural salt brines in Meitei mythology, referring to the haloarchaeal hosts of viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Lithuanian druska, meaning "salt", referring to the hyperhalophilic archaea of the genus Haloarcula, hosts to viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Halophage HF1 virus (with "una" for "1"), the first isolated representative virus of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Greek prefix halo, meaning "salt", and the Latin magnus meaning "large", referring to the fact that Halogranum tailed virus 1 has by far the largest genome among known haloarchaeal viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from solar saltern, an artifical shallow pond for the production of salt, and the location Eilat, Israel, where Haloarcula tailed virus 2, a member of the family, was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from  Olleya sp, a host of Olleya phage Harreka 1, which is found mainly in aggregates; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Alice Catherine Evans, an American microbiologist who investigated the bacteriology of milk and cheese; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin alis, meaning wings, a homage to Buffalo, N.Y. (the infamous Buffalo chicken wing), and also referring to the ability of transposable phages to use their “wings” to “fly” around the bacterial genome and insert randomly; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Thomas Foxen Anderson, an American biophysical chemist and geneticist ; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the address where the genome of phage PA5oct was characterized (Kasteelpark Arenberg 21, Leuven, Belgium) in the Division of Animal and Human Health Engineering, KU Leuven; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin assiduus, meaning "constant" or "regular", referring to the regular isolation of members of the family from enrichments and seawater; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour  David Berryhill, an American microbiologist and one of the first people to isolate an Arthrobacter phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Lester E. Casida Jr., an American industrial microbiologist; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Sherwood R Casjens, an American virologist, for his seminal contributions to the study of phage biology and evolution; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Martha Cowles Chase, an American geneticist who helped confirm that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from chimallin (“chīmalli”, an Aztec shield), which is the major phage nuclear shell protein, referring to the unique phage replication mechanism of members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the French city of Clermont-Ferrand where Methanomassiliicoccales archaea, host for viruses in the family, were co-discovered; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

to honour Donald R. Colingsworth, an American industrial microbiologist and the first person to isolate a Streptomyces phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Ian F. Connerton, a British microbiologist/food scientist who studied Campylobacter phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Milislav Demerec, a Croatian-American geneticist who pioneered work on bacteriophage, and collaborated in the first isolation of E.coli phage T5; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Henry Drexler, an American microbiologist, for his pioneering research on Escherichia phage T1; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the island Dune, close to Helgoland, where members of the famiy were discovered in aquatic samples; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Melanie Ehrlich, an American molecular biologist and Kenneth Craig Ehrlich, an American organic chemist/biochemist, who both pioneered work on Bacillus phage; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin felix, meaning luck, referring the chance discovery of the Roth phages C and D; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin fervens, meaning "hot", referring to the high temperature of the hydrothermal vent from which the provirus-carrying host was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the god Forseti, associated in Nordic mythology to the island Helgoland, where members of the famiy were discovered in aquatic samples; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Frederick Noel Fastier, a pharmacologist from New Zealand, one of the first scientists to isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa 

from Fuxi, a legendary figure in Chinese mythology known for his diverse talents and abilities; the suffix -viridae for family taxa 

to honour the French microbiologist Francine Grimont for her extensive study of phages, particularly the C3 morphotype viruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Antonina Guelin  who, at the Institut Pasteur, isolated some of the first Clostridium phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the island Helgoland, where members of the famiy were discovered in aquatic samples; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of bacteriophages by the French microbiologist Félix d’Hérelle; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour  Jonathan Alan Hodgkin, a British biochemist whose group characterised the first bacteriophage to be reported for the coryneform genus Microbacterium; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Jean Marie Schmidt, an American microbiologist and cancer researcher who was one of the first scientists to study Caulobacter; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Janina Kleczkowska of the Rothampstead Experimental Station, UK, for pioneering the study of Rhizobium phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa 

from the Japanese city of Konodai,  the location of one of the research institutes where members of the family were discovered; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa