Taxonomy ID: 2731619

Rank: class

Scientific name: Caudoviricetes

Equivalent name: Tailed phages; Styloviridae

Common name: phages with long non-contractile tails; phages with contractile tails; phages with short tails

GenBank common name: bacterial and archaeal viruses with head-tail morphology

Includes: Siphoviridae; Podoviridae; Caudovirales; Myoviridae

In-part: prokaryotic virus; bacterial virus