Distinguishing features

Members of this genus infect Enterococcus faecalis. The type species is Enterococcus virus EF24C. The genome of the exemplar isolate of the type species is 142 kbp, with 221 gene coding sequences as well as 5 encoded tRNAs.

Virion 

See discussion under family description.

Genome organisation and replication

See discussion under family description.

Biology

Members of the genus infect Enterococcus faecalis.

Derivation of names 

Kochikohdavirus: derived from the place of origin of the exemplar isolate, Enterococcus phage phiEF24C, of the type species (isolated in Kohda, Kochi City, Japan).

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.