Species Bacteroides coprophilus

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Bacteroidia Bacteroidales Bacteroidaceae Bacteroides Bacteroides coprophilus

Name: Bacteroides coprophilus Hayashi et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: co.pro’phi.lus. Gr. fem. n. kopros, dung, faeces; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friendly to; N.L. masc. adj. coprophilus, loving faeces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-ter-o-I-des ko-PRO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: CB 42; DSM 18228; JCM 13818

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB260026 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hayashi H, Shibata K, Bakir MA, Sakamoto M, Tomita S, Benno Y. Bacteroides coprophilus sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1323-1326. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Phocaeicola coprophilus (Hayashi et al. 2007) García-López et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phocaeicola coprophilus (Hayashi et al. 2007) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.

Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides coprophilus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacteroides.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species was isolated from feces in healthy individuals. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hayashi H, Shibata K, Bakir MA, Sakamoto M, Tomita S, Benno Y. Bacteroides coprophilus sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1323-1326. 🇯🇵

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