Coprococcus

Coprococcus is a genus of anaerobic cocci which are part of the human faecal microbiota.^[1] Despite the depletion of Coprococcus was found in colon cancer, there is no evidence for its protective role against colon cancer .^[2]

Coprococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Eubacteriales
Family:	Lachnospiraceae
Genus:	Coprococcus Holdeman and Moore 1974
Species
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Three species have been described:^[3]

• Coprococcus catus Holdeman and Moore 1974
• Coprococcus comes Holdeman and Moore 1974
• Coprococcus eutactus Holdeman and Moore 1974

C. comes may seem to play a role in cases of resistance against blood pressure medicine.^[4]

Etymology

'kopros' - excrement, faeces; 'kokkos' - berry; 'Coprococcus' - faecal coccus

References

1. Holdeman, L. V.; Moore, W. E. C. (1974). "New Genus, Coprococcus, Twelve New Species, and Emended Descriptions of Four Previously Described Species of Bacteria from Human Feces". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 24 (2): 260–277. doi:10.1099/00207713-24-2-260.
2. Xia, Li C.; Liu, Gang; Gao, Yingxin; Li, Xiaoxin; Pan, Hongfei; Ai, Dongmei (2019). "Identifying Gut Microbiota Associated With Colorectal Cancer Using a Zero-Inflated Lognormal Model". Frontiers in Microbiology. 10: 826. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00826. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 6491826. PMID 31068913.
3. "Coprococcus".
4. Yang et al (2022). Identification of a gut commensal that compromises the blood pressure-lowering effect of ester angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18711. Hypertension. 2022;79:1591–1601