Prevotella copri | Bacteria

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Prevotella copri is a rod-shaped bacteria that is not universally present in the Western population, but when it is found it is often very abundant. Whether P. copri is beneficial or not is unfortunately not clear at all. There are four large groups of P. copri variants, one of which has been linked to inflammatory conditions, among them rheumatoid arthritis. On the other hand, the genus Prevotella contains excellent degraders of complex sugars in the form of plant fibre, and produce the beneficial short-chain fatty acid propionate.