Ehrlichiaceae

The Ehrlichiaceae are a family of bacteria, included in the order Rickettsiales.^[1]

Ehrlichiaceae
The rickettsial bacterium Anaplasma centrale infecting red blood cells of a cow. Arrow points to typical infected cell.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Subclass:	"Rickettsidae"
Order:	Rickettsiales
Family:	Ehrlichiaceae Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera[1]
Aegyptianella Carpano 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) Anaplasma Theiler 1910 (Approved Lists 1980) "Candidatus Cryptoplasma" Eshoo et al. 2015[2] Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) Lyticum (ex Preer et al. 1974) Preer and Preer 1982 "Candidatus Neoehrlichia" Kawahara et al. 2004[3] Neorickettsia Philip et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) "Paranaplasma" Kreier and Ristic 1963[4] Wolbachia Hertig 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Synonyms[5]
Anaplasmataceae Philip 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)