aquipluma aquipluma aquipluma is a facultatively anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of prolixibacteraceae with one known species (aquipluma nitroreducens). aquipluma nitroreducens has the ability to reduce nitrate. aquipluma scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: bacteroidia order: bacteroidales family: prolixibacteraceae genus: aquiplumawatanabe et al. 2020 species a. nitroreducens