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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
bacteria Mycoplasma hominis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycoplasma-hominis.html 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Wuchereria malayi Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium grantii 1 1 Yes No No No No
parasite Dipetalonema streptocerca 2 2 AHH 2 Mansonella streptocerca Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans 2 1 No No No No No
virus Prion Kuru & Creutzfeldt-Jacob agents 2 2 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/creutzfeldt-jakob-agent-kuru-agent.html Biosafety level 3 facilities, practices and containment equipment for activities involving these agents; also listed under biosafety level 2 with special precautions; level of containment will depend on the nature of the manipulations and the amount of sera, bio/necropsy materials handled 3 (**), D, d 3* 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 **, PH, TSE 3 Yes No No No No
virus Papovaviridae Cotton rabbit papilloma virus 2 2 PM No No No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus ivorii 2 old name 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Enterobacter agglomerans 2 (see Pantoea agglomerans), PP? Yes No No No No
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
parasite Schistosoma spp 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/schistosoma-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 AAH, AHH 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Chromobacterium violaceum 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Goat pox virus 2 3 1 t2 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Mannheimia ruminalis 1 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Beneckea alginolytica 2 2 TA, Z 2 TA Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Suid herpesvirus 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Suttonella indologenes 2 Kingella indologenes 2 2 Old name: Kingella indologenes Yes No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium renale 2 2 2 2 see previous edition 2 t 2 PV No Yes 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
virus Retroviridae Porcine sarcoma virus No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma caviae 2 2 2 2 2 ht+ 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Campylobacter spp. 2 2 species which are known to be pathogens in humans 2 2 2 No No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Echo virus 2 All types 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/echovirus-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Legionella bozemanii 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 refer to Fluoribacter bozemaniae Yes No No No No
bacteria Bacteroides capillosus 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Brugia pahangi 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brugia-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eubacterium nodatum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptobacillus spp. Yes No No No No
bacteria Pasteurella bettyae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium symbiosum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Caliciviridae Vesicular exanthema of swine virus 2 3 1 t3 3 PM No Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Avian leucosis virus (ALV) 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 1 t2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium paratuberculosis 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Brucella abortus 3 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brucella-b-abortus-b-canis-b-melitensis-b-suis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html iosafety level 2 practices for activities involving clinical materials of human or animal origin; Biosafety level 3 containment, practices and facilities for all manipulations of cultures and for experimental animal studies. 3 3* 3 Z 3 Except for the attenduate strains 19 or RB51 First Schedule Part II 3 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
bacteria Afipia clevelandensis 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Helcococcus kunzii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Anaerorhabdus furcosus 2 2 Bacteroides furcosus Yes No No No No
bacteria Xylophilus ampelinus 1 p2 2 PP; QUA (Xanthomonas ampelina) No No Yes No No
bacteria Corynebacterium afermentans 2 2 subsp. afermentans, lipophilum) Yes No No No No
virus Coronaviridae Bovine coronavirus 2 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Bovine lymphosarcoma virus (Bovine leukaemia virus, BLV) 3 No No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium senegalense 2 2 2 2 t 2 PV Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Brucella spp. 3 3 Australia (except B. ovis) https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brucella-b-abortus-b-canis-b-melitensis-b-suis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html Biosafety level 2 practices for activities involving clinical materials of human or animal origin; Biosafety level 3 containment, practices and facilities for all manipulations of cultures and for experimental animal studies. No No No No No
bacteria Helicobacter canis 2 2 2 ht 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Anaplasma spp. 2 t No No No No No
bacteria Yersinia pestis 3 Except pgm(–) strains (lacking the 102 kb pigmentation locus) and lcr(–) strains (lacking the LCR plasmid) (RG2) 2(*3) 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/yersinia-pestis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html 3 V 3 3 V, Z 3 Except for the attenuated strains devoid of: PGM LOCUS [EV76 STRAIN] & 75 KB LOW-CALCIUM RESPONSE VIRULENCE PLASMID [TJIWIDEJ S STRAIN First Schedule Part II 3 3 V Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Eperythrozoon wenyonii 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Shigella spp. 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/shigella.html Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Herpesvirus simiae (B virus) 4 Monkey B virus 4 4 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/cercopithecinae-herpes-virus-1.html 3 **, V, D 4 3 Second schedule 3 PHV 4 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Neisseria mucosa 2 2 2 Yes No No No No