Name: Allocoprococcus comes (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Yamamoto et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Coprococcus comes Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: com’es. L. masc./fem. n. comes, companion, fellow traveller, referring to the presence of the species in human faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KOM-es, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27758; JCM 37939; VPI C1-38

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF031542 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamamoto E, Hisatomi A, Miwa K, Sakurai N, Koizumi A, Ohkuma M, Tsuchihashi H, Sakamoto M. Proposal of two novel species, Allocoprococcus similis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Faecalimonas hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and genome-based reorganization of the genus Coprococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7011. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Coprococcus comes Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Allocoprococcus Yamamoto et al. 2026. Publication: Yamamoto E, Hisatomi A, Miwa K, Sakurai N, Koizumi A, Ohkuma M, Tsuchihashi H, Sakamoto M. Proposal of two novel species, Allocoprococcus similis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Faecalimonas hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and genome-based reorganization of the genus Coprococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7011. 🇯🇵
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-01-09.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Allocoprococcus Yamamoto et al. 2026

Assigned by: Yamamoto E, Hisatomi A, Miwa K, Sakurai N, Koizumi A, Ohkuma M, Tsuchihashi H, Sakamoto M. Proposal of two novel species, Allocoprococcus similis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Faecalimonas hominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and genome-based reorganization of the genus Coprococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7011. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 69693