ehrlichiaceae ehrlichiaceae the ehrlichiaceae are a family of bacteria, included in the order rickettsiales. ehrlichiaceae the rickettsial bacterium anaplasma centrale infecting red blood cells of a cow. arrow points to typical infected cell. scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rickettsiales family: ehrlichiaceaemoshkovski 1945 (approved lists 1980) genera aegyptianella carpano 1929 (approved lists 1980) anaplasma theiler 1910 (approved lists 1980) "candidatus cryptoplasma" eshoo et al. 2015 ehrlichia moshkovski 1945 (approved lists 1980) lyticum (ex preer et al. 1974) preer and preer 1982 "candidatus neoehrlichia" kawahara et al. 2004 neorickettsia philip et al. 1953 (approved lists 1980) "paranaplasma" kreier and ristic 1963 wolbachia hertig 1936 (approved lists 1980) synonyms anaplasmataceae philip 1957 (approved lists 1980)