Midichloria Sassera et al. 2006 Midichloria mitochondrii Sassera et al. 2006 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 Rickettsiales Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Dumler et al. 2001 Midichloriaceae Montagna et al. 2013 Midichloria Sassera et al. 2006 Midichloriaceae Montagna et al. 2013 Jidaibacter Schulz et al. 2016 Bandiella Senra et al. 2016 Fokinia Szokoli et al. 2016 emend. Szokoli et al. 2016 Grelliella corrig. Gruber-Vodicka et al. 2019 Grellia (sic) Gruber-Vodicka et al. 2019 Aquirickettsia corrig. Klinges et al. 2019 Aquarickettsia (sic) Klinges et al. 2019 Euplotella Boscaro et al. 2019 Midichloria mitochondrii Sassera et al. 2006 Montagna M. Sassera D. Epis S. Bazzocchi C. Vannini C. Lo N. Sacchi L. Fukatsu T. Petroni G. Bandi C. "Candidatus Midichloriaceae" fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an ecologically widespread clade of intracellular alphaproteobacteria. 2013 79 10 3241 8 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Appl Environ Microbiol 0099-2240 1098-5336 10.1128/AEM.03971-12 23503305 Sassera D. Beninati T. Bandi C. Bouman E.A.P. Sacchi L. Fabbi M. Lo N. ‘Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii’, an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle 2006 56 11 2535 2540 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64386-0 17082386 The authors (Sassera et al. 2006, rid.9536) place Candidatus Midichloria in the order Rickettsiales. No family is designated.