Name: Coprococcus phoceensis Bonnet et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.ce.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. phoceensis, based on the acronym of the Phocean city where the type strain was first isolated (name of city is Phocaea rather than Phocea)

Pronunciation, gender: p^ho-ke-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P3062; DSM 103635; Marseille P3062

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16S rRNA gene: LT598553 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bonnet M, Ricaboni D, Mailhe M, Vitton V, Benezech A, Delerce J, Raoult D, Cassir N, Lascola B, Khelaifia S. Genome sequence and description of Coprococcus phoceensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterial genus isolated from the human left colon. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 30:100548.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-04-08.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Coprococcus Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bonnet M, Ricaboni D, Mailhe M, Vitton V, Benezech A, Delerce J, Raoult D, Cassir N, Lascola B, Khelaifia S. Genome sequence and description of Coprococcus phoceensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterial genus isolated from the human left colon. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 30:100548.

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Record number: 64706