Description of Candidatus Coproplasma stercorigallinarum sp. nov.

Candidatus Coproplasma stercorigallinarum (ster.co.ri.gal.li.na’rum. L. neut. n. stercus dung; L. fem. n. gallina hen; N.L. gen. n. stercorigallinarum of hen faeces)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID CHK191-24566 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817171. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp900549005. The GC content of the type genome is 51.83% and the genome length is 1.6 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Coproplasma stercoripullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Coproplasma stercoripullorum (ster.co.ri.pul.lo’rum. L. neut. n. stercus dung; L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; N.L. gen. n. stercoripullorum of the faceces of young chickens)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID ChiW25-3613 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817071. The GC content of the type genome is 51.17% and the genome length is 1.7 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Coprosoma gen. nov.

Candidatus Coprosoma (Co.pro.so’ma. Gr. fem. n. kopros dung; Gr. neut. n. soma a body; N.L. neut. n. Coprosoma a microbe associated with faeces)

A bacterial genus identified by metagenomic analyses. The genus includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥60% average amino acid identity (AAI) to the type genome from the type species Candidatus Coprosoma intestinipullorum. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus CAG-822. This genus has been assigned by GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 working on GTDB Release 05-RS95 (Chaumeil et al., 2019; Parks et al., 2020) to the order RF39 and to the family CAG-822.

Description of Candidatus Coprosoma intestinipullorum sp. nov.

Candidatus Coprosoma intestinipullorum (in.tes.ti.ni.pul.lo’rum. L. neut. n. intestinum gut; L. masc. n. pullus a young chicken; N.L. gen. n. intestinipullorum of the gut of young chickens)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID CHK147-3167 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817008. The GC content of the type genome is 31.20% and the genome length is 1.3 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Coprousia gen. nov.

Candidatus Coprousia (Copr.ou’si.a. Gr. fem. n. kopros dung; Gr. fem. n. ousia an essence; N.L. fem. n. Coprousia a microbe associated with faeces)

A bacterial genus identified by metagenomic analyses. The genus includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥60% average amino acid identity (AAI) to the type genome from the type species Candidatus Coprousia avicola. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus An7. This genus has been assigned by GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 working on GTDB Release 05-RS95 (Chaumeil et al., 2019; Parks et al., 2020) to the order Coriobacteriales and to the family Coriobacteriaceae.

Description of Candidatus Coprousia avicola sp. nov.

Candidatus Coprousia avicola (a.vi’co.la. L. fem. n. avis bird; L. suff. -cola inhabitant of; N.L. n. avicola inhabitant of birds)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID ChiHjej11B10-5566 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817195. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp002159765. The GC content of the type genome is 65.47% and the genome length is 2.4 Mbp.

Description of Candidatus Coprovicinus gen. nov.

Candidatus Coprovicinus (Co.pro.vi.ci’nus. Gr. fem. n. kopros dung; L. masc. n. vicinus a neighbour; N.L. masc. n. Coprovicinus a microbe associated with faeces)

A bacterial genus identified by metagenomic analyses. The genus includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥60% average amino acid identity (AAI) to the type genome from the type species Candidatus Coprovicinus avistercoris. This is a name for the alphanumeric GTDB genus UMGS1418. This genus has been assigned by GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 working on GTDB Release 05-RS95 (Chaumeil et al., 2019; Parks et al., 2020) to the order Coriobacteriales and to the family Atopobiaceae.

Description of Candidatus Coprovicinus avistercoris sp. nov.

Candidatus Coprovicinus avistercoris (a.vi.ster’co.ris. L. fem. n. avis bird; L. neut. n. stercus dung; N.L. gen. n. avistercoris of bird faeces)

A bacterial species identified by metagenomic analyses. This species includes all bacteria with genomes that show ≥95% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to the type genome, which has been assigned the MAG ID ChiHjej12B11-29160 and which is available via NCBI BioSample SAMN15817198. This is a new name for the alphanumeric GTDB species sp900551595. The GC content of the type genome is 49.51% and the genome length is 1.7 Mbp.