Name: Aquiluna Pitt et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.lu’na. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. fem. n. luna, the moon; N.L. fem. n. Aquiluna, water moon, referring to the aquatic habitat and selenoid morphology of the strain from the description of the Candidatus Aquiluna rubra

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Aquilun-), a-kwi-LU-na

Type species: Aquiluna borgnonia Pitt et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Hahn MW. Aquiluna borgnonia gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of a Microbacteriaceae lineage of freshwater bacteria with small genome sizes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4825. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4907.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cquiluna".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Aquiluna" Hahn 2009.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquiluna borgnonia Pitt et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: [Actinomycetales, not assigned to family]

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