Taxon Details

Taxon name: Ackermannviridae

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

ICTV Report: Created in Proposal: 2017.001B.A.v3.Ackermannviridae.zip Reference:

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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