History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Ehrlichviridae  Proposal: 2024.012B.Ehrlichviridae_1nf_6ng_1mg_9ns.zip   ICTV Report:   Reference:  

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