History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Drexlerviridae; Proposal: 2019.100B.A.v2.Drexlerviridae_1newfam; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:

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