Annex
Standard laboratory microorganisms (including viruses)
Effective 26 October 2016 to 1 March 2017The following list contains low risk microorganisms, including viruses. These microorganisms are endemic (occur in Australia) and are commonly imported by laboratories in Australia.
Achromobacter spp. |
Acidianus spp. |
Acidiphilium spp. |
Acidithiobacillus spp. |
Adeno-associated virus Types 1-9 (human AAV’s only) |
Aeromonas hydrophila |
Alicyclobacillus spp. |
Aneurinibacillus migulanus (formerly Bacillus migulanus) |
Amycolatopsis spp. |
Aspergillus spp. |
Aquifex spp. |
Azotobacter spp. |
Bacillus atrophaeus (formerly Bacillus subtilis var. niger) |
Bacillus brevis |
Bacillus cereus excluding Biovar anthracis |
Bacillus licheniformis |
Bacillus megaterium (excluding pv. cerealis) |
Bacillus pumilus (also known as Bacillus mesentericus and Bacillus aminoglucosidicus) |
Bacillus sphaericus |
Bacillus stearothermophilus |
Bacillus subtilis |
Bacteroides spp. |
Bartonella spp. |
Bordetella spp. |
Botryococcus spp. |
Brachyspira spp. |
Brevibacillus spp. |
Burkholderia pseudomallei |
Campylobacter spp. |
Caulobacter spp. |
Chlamydia trachomatis |
Chlamydophila pneumonia |
Chryseobacterium spp. (excluding C. scophthalmum) |
Citrobacter spp. |
Clostridium spp. |
Corynebacterium spp. (excluding C. pseudotuberculosis and C. pekinense) |
Cronobacter spp. |
Cryptococcus spp. |
Cryptomonas spp. |
Cryptosporidium spp. |
Desulfobacter spp. |
Desulfovibrio spp. |
Entamoeba spp. |
Enterobacter spp. |
Enterococcus spp. |
Enterovirus (human origin only, and excluding swine vesicular disease virus and human enterovirus C) |
Escherichia spp. |
Ferroplasma spp. |
Geobacillus spp. |
Geobacter spp. |
Giardia spp. |
Haemophilus spp. |
Helicobacter 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 |
Klebsiella spp. |
Legionella spp. |
Leptospira copenhageni (Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni) |
Leptospira gripptotyphosa (Leptospira interrogans serovar Gripptotyphosa) |
Leptospira hardjobovis (Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjobovis) |
Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae (Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae) |
Leptospira pomona (Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona) |
Leptospirillum spp. |
Listeria spp. |
Magnetospirillum spp. (formerly Aquaspirillum spp.) |
Metapneumovirus (human) |
Metarhizium anisopilae |
Methanococcus spp. |
Morganella spp. |
Moraxella spp. (includes subgen. Branhamella and subgen. Moraxella) (excluding M. anatipestifer) |
Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) |
Murine leukaemia virus |
Mycobacterium spp. (excluding M. bovis and M. caprae) |
Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
Neisseria spp. |
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis |
Parainfluenza virus (human) |
Pediococcus spp. |
Penicillium chrysogenum |
Porphyromonas spp. |
Proteus spp. |
Providencia spp. |
Pseudomonas fluorescens (excluding biovar II) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Pseudomonas putida |
Rhodobacter spp. |
Rhodococcus spp. |
Roseomonas spp. |
Rubella virus |
Rubrivivax spp. |
Saccharopolyspora spp. |
Salmonella adelaide |
Salmonella agona (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona) |
Salmonella derby (Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Derby) |
Salmonella salford |
Salmonella seftenburg (seftenberg) |
Serratia spp. |
Shewanella spp. |
Shigella spp. |
Sindbis virus |
Staphylococcus spp. |
Stenotrophomonas spp. |
Streptococcus spp. |
Sulfobacillus spp. |
Sulfolobus spp. |
Sulfurisphaera spp. |
Tetrahymena spp. |
Thermus spp. |
Thiobacillus spp. |
Toxoplasma spp. |
Vaccinia virus (cow pox) |
Vibrio alginolyticus |
Vibrio cholerae (excluding serotype 01 and serotype 0139) |
Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
Vibrio vulnificus (excluding biovar II) |