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Agent Type Genus / Virus Group Species / Virus Name NIH NIH notes BMBL Australia / New Zealand Austrailia / New Zealand notes Belgium Belgium notes Canada Canada PSDS Canada Notes European Community European Community notes Georgia Georgia notes Germany Germany notes Singapore Singapore notes Singapore schedule Switzerland Switzerland notes United Kingdom United Kingdom notes Human Pathogen Animal Pathogen Plant Pathogen Select Agent CDC Select Agent USDA
virus Retroviridae Feline leukemia virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 3 1 t2 2 PM No No No No No
bacteria Paenibacillus popilliae 2 1 n 2 No Yes No No No
parasite Strongyloides spp 2 2 2 2 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Edwardsiella anguillimortifera 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium microti 2 3 2 3 : (*) 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 3 ** 3* 3(**) Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 ** 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Centipeda periodontii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Lymphocrypto virus 2 EB-like viruses; see previous edition 2 2 PM, PH 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht, T 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Tatlockia maceachernii 2 Legionella maceachernii 2 2 Old name:Legionella maceachernii Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Puumala virus 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/hantavirus.html Hantavirus spp. 2 2 2 3 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Chlamydia psittaci (avian strains) 3 2 3 3 2 3 Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 No Yes No No No
virus Herpesviridae Pigeon herpesvirus infection 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Treponema amylovorum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Tensaw virus 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae Bluetongue virus 2(non-exotic), 3(exotic) 2 endemic strains 3 1 t2/t3 2 EPD PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Flavobacterium spp. Yes No No No No
bacteria Neisseria iguanae 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Aeromonas allosaccharophila 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium matruchotii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Clonorchis sinensis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clonorchis-sinensis-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Opisthorchis sinensis Yes Yes No No No
virus Herpesviridae Bovine herpesviruses 2 to 4 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Middelburg virus 2 3 3 2 3 PHV 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella loescheii 2 2 2 Old name: Bacteroides loescheii Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus constellatus 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Birnaviridae Drosophila X virus 2 1 No Yes No No No
bacteria Bartonella spp. 3 2 Rochalimaea spp. 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Eubacterium combesii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma hyorhinis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus muris 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html 2 PV No No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Hendra virus 4 4 4 4 RG 3 in animals 4 4 4 Second schedule 4 NYR, PHV 4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
bacteria Salmonella typhimurium 2 2 2 2 2 Z 1 Exceptions are derivates of strain LT2 with stable mutations in the genes aroA, galE oder cya und crp (e.g. strains for Ames Test TA 98, TA 100, TA 1535, TA1530, TA 2631) 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/yersinia-pseudotuberculosis.html 2 2 2 Z 2 (Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis RG 3?) 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Kumlinge virus 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 NYR PH 3 Species in Tick-borne encephalitis virus group Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus paraphrophilus 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus magnus 2 old name Peptococcus magnus Yes No No No No
bacteria Sphaerophorus necrophorus 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Bacillus lentimorbus 1 PI No No No No No
bacteria Enterococcus durans 2 2 TA, ht 2 TA (Streptococcus durans) Yes Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Swinepox virus 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
parasite Isopora spp 2 2 other species than listed 2 AAH No Yes No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Eel influenza virus A (EV-2) No Yes No No No
bacteria Megasphaera elsdenii 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Rickettsia japonica 3 3 3 3 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Vibrio alginolyticus 2 Beneckea alginolytica 2 TA, Z 2 TA; (= Beneckea alginolytica) No Yes No No No
bacteria Brachyspira pilosicoli 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium spp. 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/fusobacterium.html This risk group applies to the genus as a whole, but does not necessarily reflect the risk group classification of every species within the genus. 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Alloiococcus otitis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Invertebrate lyssaviruses 2 No Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Amapari virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Porcine enterovirus type 1 (Teschen disease) 3 1 t2 No Yes No No No