Name: Segatella copri (Hayashi et al. 2007) Hitch et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Prevotella copri Hayashi et al. 2007

Etymology: co’pri. N.L. gen. masc. n. copri, [probably better: copronis]; from Gr. masc. n. koprôn, of/from faeces

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CB 7; DSM 18205; JCM 13464

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB649279 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prevotella copri Hayashi et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Segatella Hitch et al. 2023. Publication: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: JCM 13646; JCM 14646.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Segatella Hitch et al. 2023

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

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