midichloriaceae midichloriaceae "candidatus midichloriaceae" is a family of bacteria, included in the order rickettsiales. no member of this family has been cultured in the laboratory, so the entire family has been given the status candidatus. candidatus midichloriaceae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: rickettsiales family: candidatus midichloriaceaemontagna et al. 2013 genera "candidatus aquirickettsia" corrig. klinges et al. 2019 "candidatus bandiella" senra et al. 2016 "candidatus cyrtobacter" vannini et al. 2010 "candidatus defluviella" boscaro et al. 2013 "candidatus fokinia" szokoli et al. 2016 "candidatus grelliella" corrig. gruber-vodicka et al. 2019 "candidatus jidaibacter" schulz et al. 2016 "candidatus midichloria" sassera et al. 2006