Coprococcus is a genus of anaerobic cocci which are part of the human faecal microbiota.

[2] Despite the depletion of Coprococcus was found in colon cancer, there is no evidence for its protective role against colon cancer .

[3] Coprococcus comes may seem to play a role in cases of resistance against blood pressure medicine.

[4] The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[5] C. eutactus Holdeman & Moore 1974 C. ammoniilyticus Hitch et al. 2022 C. hominis Liu et al. 2022 C. eutactus C. ammoniilyticus Species located elsewhere on the LTP and GTDB phylogenetic trees: 'kopros' - excrement, faeces; 'kokkos' - berry; 'Coprococcus' - faecal coccus