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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 Vibrio vulnificus 2 2 Beneckea vulnifica 2 2 Z 2 Old name: Beneckea vulnifica Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Actinomyces bovis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinomyces-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Pasteurella multocida 3 Type B -"buffalo" and other virulent strains 2 RG 3 in animals 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/pasteurella.html 2 2 2 Z (subsp. gallicida, multicoda, septica) 2 (including subsp. gallicida, multocida, septica 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Parecho 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Chlamydia spp. 2 No No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium africanum 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 V 2 3 V, Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 3 Vaccine available Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Eikenella corrodens 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Flavobacterium branchiophilum 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus aegyptius 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Pichinde virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Fasciola gigantica 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/fasciola-hepatica.html Fasciola hepatica 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Salmonid herpesvirus (Herpesvirus salmonis) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Ralstonia picketti 2 2 PIIC No No No No No
virus Retroviridae Feline foamy virus 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Bartonella quintana 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bartonella-quintana.html 2 Rochalimaea quintana 2 2 Z 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Acholeplasma morum 2 t 2 PV No No 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 Liberobacter africanum 3 PP QUA Yes No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium pseudodiphteriticum 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Escherichia coli (K12) 1 see previous edition 1 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Francisella tularensis (Type B) 2 Specifically *F. tularensis subspecies novicida [aka F. novicida], strain Utah 112; *F. tularensis subspecies holarctica LVS; *F. tularensis biovar tularensis strain ATCC 6223 (aka strain B38). *For research involving high concentrations, BL3 practices should be considered. 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/francisella-tularensis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html 2 2 3 Z, (subsp. tularensis) 3 Except for attenduated strains UTAH 112, live vaccine strain and B38 First Schedule Part II 2 Yes Yes No Yes No
parasite Trichostrongylus orientalis 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma alkalescens 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Contracaecum osculatum 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bacillus cereus 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacillus-cereus.html 2 Biovar anthracis 2 T, TA 2 PP? PV? 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia hermsii 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Lactobacillus catenaformis 2 Yes No No No No
virus Caliciviridae Sapovirus (former Sapporo virus) 2 2 (like viruses) 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Nocardia salmonicida 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium sporogenes 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Enterobacter gergoviae 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Plasmodium spp 2 2 2 (human & simian) 2 (human,simian) 2 2 AHH, AAH 2 (human & simian) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium heidelbergense 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Togaviridae Chikungunya virus 3 Except the vaccine strain 181/25 listed in Appendix B-II-D Risk Group2 (RG2) – Viruses 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/chikungunya-virus.html 3 (**) 3* 3(**) 3 ** PHV 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia parkeri 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Lawsonia intracellularis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Coronaviridae Berne virus 2 2 2 PM 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Ochrobactrum anthropi 2 TA, ht 2 TA Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium tetani 2 2 2 T 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clostridium-tetani.html 2 T, V 2 2 T, V, ht 2 2 T,V Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Enterococcus avium 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Sarcocystis suihominis 2 2 2 syn. Sarcocystis hominis 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium lentiflavum 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Togaviridae Kyzylagach virus 2 3 2 t3 3 PHV No Yes No No No
bacteria Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens 2 ht 2 No No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Herpesvirus saimiri 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Providencia rettgeri 2 Proteus rettgeri 2 2 2 2 (= Proteus rettgeri) 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus somaliensis 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Hazara virus 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 PHV 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma spumans 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Parvoviridae Animal parvoviruses 2 2 PM No Yes No No No