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List: Standard laboratory microorganisms and infectious agents

Effective 20 July 2022

The following list contains microorganism and infectious agent that do not require biosecurity containment. These microorganisms are endemic (occur in Australia) and are commonly imported by laboratories in Australia.

Achromobacter spp.

Acidianus spp.

Acidiphilium spp.

Acidithiobacillus spp.

Acremonium cellulolyticus

Actinomadura malachitica

Actinomadura viridis

Actinomyces rectiverticillatus

Adeno-associated virus

Aeromonas hydrophila

Alcaligenes denitrificans

Alicyclobacillus spp.

Ampelomyces quisqualis

Anabaena cylindrica

Anaerobacter polyendosporus

Aneurinibacillus migulanus (formerly Bacillus migulanus)

Aquifex spp.

Arthrobacter picolinophilus

Arthrobacter spp.

Aspergillus spp.

Azorhizobium caulinodans

Azotobacter spp.

Bacillus aminoglucosidicus

Bacillus atrophaeus (formerly Bacillus subtilis var. niger)

Bacillus brevis syn. Brevibacillus brevis

Bacillus cereus excluding Biovar anthracis

Bacillus fluorescens putidus

Bacillus geniculatus

Bacillus ginsengihumi

Bacillus licheniformis

Bacillus megaterium (excluding pv. cerealis)

Bacillus mesentericus

Bacillus methylotrophicus

Bacillus mojavensis

Bacillus pasteurii

Bacillus pumilus syn. Bacillus mesentericus, Bacillus aminoglucosidicus

Bacillus putidus

Bacillus simplex

Bacillus sphaericus

Bacillus stearothermophilus

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus thuringiensis

Bacteroides spp.

Bartonella spp.

Beauveria bassiana

Bordetella spp.

Botryococcus spp.

Brachyspira spp.

Brevibacillus spp. (excluding B. laterosporus)

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Campylobacter spp.

Caulobacter spp.

Chlamydia trachomatis

Chlamydophila pneumonia

Chlorella spp.

Chryseobacterium spp. (excluding C. scophthalmum)

Cicinnobolus cesatti

Citrobacter spp.

Clostridium spp.

Comamonas acidovorans

Corynebacterium spp. (excluding C. pseudotuberculosis)

Cronobacter spp.

Cryptococcus spp.

Cryptomonas spp.

Cryptosporidium spp.

Dehalobacter spp.

Dehalococcoides spp.

Dehalogenimonas spp.

Delftia acidovorans

Desulfobacter spp.

Desulfovibrio spp.

Ensifer adhaerens

Ensifer meliloti

Entamoeba spp.

Enterobacter asburiae

Enterobacter spp.

Enterococcus spp.

Enterovirus (human origin only, and excluding swine vesicular disease virus and human enterovirus C)

Entomophthora anisopliae

Erwinia tasmaniensis

Escherichia spp.

Ferroplasma spp.

Fusarium venenatum

Geobacillus spp.

Geobacter spp.

Giardia spp.

Gigaspora margarita

Gliocadium catenalatum

Haemophilus spp.

Human Adenovirus Types 1-51

Human coxsackieviruses 1-24

Human echovirus 1-33

Human hepatitis virus A, B, C, D, E, G &TTV

Human Herpes virus 1-8 (includes Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2, Varicella zoster, Epstein-Barr virus and Cytomegalovirus)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Human noroviruses

Human papilloma virus

Human respiratory syncytial virus

Human rhinovirus

Isochrysis galbana

Klebsiella spp.

Legionella spp.

Leptospira copenhageni (Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni)

Leptospira gripptotyphosa (Leptospira interrogans serovar Gripptotyphosa)

Leptospira hardjobovis (Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo-bovis)

Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae (Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae)

Leptospira pomona (Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona)

Leptospirillum spp.

Listeria spp.

Magnetospirillum spp.

(formerly Aquaspirillum spp.)

Metapneumovirus (human)

Metarhizium acridum

Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae

Methanococcus spp.

Microtetraspora viridis

Moraxella spp. (includes subgen. Branhamella and subgen. Moraxella) (excluding M. anatipestifer)

Morganella spp.

Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV)

Murine leukaemia virus

Mycobacterium spp. (excluding M. bovis and M. caprae)

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Nannochloropsis spp.

Neisseria spp.

Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Nocardia calcarea

Ochrobactrum anthropi

Paenarthrobacter spp.

Paenibacillus alvei

Paenibacillus brasiliensis

Parainfluenza virus (human)

Pediococcus spp.

Penicillium chrysogenum

Penicillium oxalicum

Penicillium velutinum

Pleomorphomonas oryzae

Porphyromonas spp.

Pristionchus americanus

Pristionchus maupasi

Pristionchus pacificus

Proteus spp.

Providencia spp.

Pseudomonas acidovorans

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas antarctica

Pseudomonas citronellolis

Pseudomonas convexa

Pseudomonas eisenbergii

Pseudomonas fluorescens (excluding biovar II)

Pseudomonas geniculata

Pseudomonas incognita

Pseudomonas monteilii

Pseudomonas ovalis

Pseudomonas putida

Pseudomonas rugosa

Pseudomonas striata

Rhabditis myriophila

Rhizobium meliloti

Rhodobacter spp.

Rhodococcus spp.

Roseomonas spp.

Rubella virus

Rubrivivax spp.

Saccharopolyspora spinosa

Saccharopolyspora spp.

Salmonella Adelaide (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Adelaide)

Salmonella Agona (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona)

Salmonella Derby (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Derby)

Salmonella Salford (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Salford)

Salmonella Senftenburg (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Senftenberg)

Scutellospora dipurpurescens

Serratia spp.

Shewanella spp. (excluding Shewanella marisflavi)

Shigella spp.

Sindbis virus

Sinorhizobium adhaerens

Sinorhizobium meliloti

Sporosarcina pasteurii

Staphylococcus spp.

Stenotrophomonas spp.

Streptococcus spp.

Streptomyces rectiverticillatus

Streptoverticillium rectiverticillatum

Suillus granulatus

Sulfobacillus spp.

Sulfolobus spp.

Sulfurisphaera spp.

Tetrahymena spp.

Thermus spp.

Thiobacillus spp.

Toxoplasma spp.

Tritirachium shiotae

Tritirachium shiotae

Vaccinia virus (cow pox)

Vibrio alginolyticus

Vibrio cholerae (excluding serotype 01 and serotype 0139)

Vibrio parahaemolyticus (excluding VPAHPND strains with plasmid coding for Pir toxin homologues)

Vibrio vulnificus (excluding biovar II)

Wolinella succinogens

Xanthobacter spp.

Yersinia enterocolitica