aquiluna aquiluna aquiluna is a genus of bacteria from the order actinomycetales. as of 2022, aquiluna is a monotypic genus, with the only validly published species being aquiluna borgonia. the genus was first proposed in 2009, but its type species candiatus aquiluna rubra was not validly published. aquiluna scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: actinomycetales family: incertae sedis genus: aquilunapitt et al. 2021 type species aquiluna borgnoniapitt et al. 2021 species a. borgnonia pitt et al. 2021 "ca. a. rubra" hahn 2009 synonyms "candidatus aquiluna" hahn 2009