New Genus, Coprococcus, Twelve New Species, and Emended Descriptions of Four Previously Described Species of Bacteria from Human Feces

A new genus of anaerobic cocci, Coprococcus, and 12 new species of anaerobes, Coprococcus eutactus, C. catus, C. comes, Ruminococcus callidus, R. torques, Streptococcus hansenii, Bacteroides eggerthii, Eubacterium eligens, E. formicigenerans, E. hallii, Lactobacillus rogosae, and Clostridium nexile, are described. Emended descriptions and proposed neotype strains for Streptococcus constellatus (Prévot) comb. nov., S. morbillorum (Prévot) comb. nov., S. intermedius Prévot, and Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth) Prévot are presented.