History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Ackermannviridae; Proposal: 2017.001B.A.v1.Ackermannviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

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