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Genus Coprococcus
Name: Coprococcus Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Co.pro.coc.cus. Gr. fem. n. kopros, excrement, feces; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry (fromGr. n. kokkos); N.L. masc. n. Coprococcus, fecal coccus
Gender: masculine (stem: Coprococc-)
Type species: Coprococcus eutactus Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:260-277. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Corprococcus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04988 (N = 18).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; CGMCC: 3; ATCC: 3; JCM: 2; KCTC: 2.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CPCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 10
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Coprococcus aceti Hitch et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Coprococcus ammoniilyticus Hitch et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Coprococcus catus Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name Coprococcus comes Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name Coprococcus eutactus Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) validly published under the ICNP correct name "Coprococcus hominis" Afrizal et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) Coprococcus hominis Liu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Coprococcus immobilis" Huang et al. 2024 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Coprococcus mobilis" Huang et al. 2024 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Coprococcus phoceensis" Bonnet et al. 2019 not validly published preferred name (not correct name)
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 921.
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Record number: 517207
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