Distinguishing features

Members of this genus infect Bacillus cereus. The type species is Bacillus virus WPh. The genome of the exemplar isolate of the type species is 157 kbp, with 274 gene coding sequences and no encoded tRNAs.

Virion 

See discussion under family description.

Genome organisation and replication

See discussion under family description.

Biology

Members of the genus infect Bacillus cereus.

Derivation of names 

Wphvirus: derived from the name of the exemplar isolate Bacillus phage W.Ph., of the type species.

Species demarcation criteria

Members of the same species are more than 95% identical in genome nucleotide sequence, including the terminal repeat region. Phages with genomes that differ by more than 5% are assigned to different species.

Member species

Virus names, the choice of exemplar isolates, and virus abbreviations, are not official ICTV designations.