Species ***Bacteroides* *coprosuis***

Name: Bacteroides coprosuis Whitehead et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.pro.su’is. Gr. fem. n. kopros, faeces; L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of a pig; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. coprosuis, of pig faeces, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-ter-o-I-des ko-pro-SU-is, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 50528; DSM 18011; JCM 13475; NRRL B-41113; PC139

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF319778 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Lawson PA. Bacteroides coprosuis sp. nov., isolated from swine-manure storage pits. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2515-2518. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03528 (N = 1).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Land M, Held B, Gronow S, Abt B, Lucas S, Del Rio TG, Nolan M, Tice H, Cheng JF, Pitluck S, et al. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence of Bacteroides coprosuis type strain (PC139). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:233-243. 🇺🇸

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

Assigned by: Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Lawson PA. Bacteroides coprosuis sp. nov., isolated from swine-manure storage pits. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2515-2518. 🇺🇸

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Species Bacteroides coprosuis

Species ***Bacteroides* *coprosuis***