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Annex

Standard laboratory microorganisms (including viruses)

Effective 17 June 2017 to 31 May 2018

The 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

Aeromonas hydrophila

Alicyclobacillus spp.

Aneurinibacillus migulanus (formerly Bacillus migulanus)

Aspergillus spp.

Aquifex spp.

Azotobacter spp.

Bacillus atrophaeus (formerly Bacillus subtilis var. niger)

Bacillus brevis (now known as Brevibacillus 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. (excluding B. laterosporus)

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Campylobacter spp.

Caulobacter spp.

Chlamydia trachomatis

Chlamydophila pneumonia

Chryseobacterium spp. (excluding C. scophthalmum)

Citrobacter spp.

Clostridium spp.

Corynebacterium spp. (excluding C. pseudotuberculosis)

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 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 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 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)

Serratia spp.

Shewanella spp. (excluding Shewanella marisflavi)

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

Vibrio vulnificus (excluding biovar II)

Yersinia enterocolitica