Bacteria

(LCDC-96) – Biosafety Level was assigned to pathogen based on recommendations made by the Laboratory Center for Disease Control as outlined in “Laboratory Biosafety Guideline” 2nd Edition 1996

(EU-96) – Biosafety Level was assigned to the pollutant based in the recommendations made by the European Union as outlined in the European Economic Community Directive 93/88

(Belgium-97) – Biosafety Level was assigned to the pathogen based on recommendations made nu the Belgium government as outlined in the Decree of Brussels Region of 26 February 2002

*Biosafety level 3 practices are recommended for work involving production quantities or concentration of cultures and for activities with high potential for areosol production

Contents

A

Genus SpeciesCommentsSU 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Acinetobacterwas Herellea vaginicola, A. calcoaceticus ssp.anitratus22
Acinetobacterlwoffiformerly Mima polymorpha
Actinobacillusactinomycetemcomianagenus Hemophilus2
2
ActinobacillussppEC-Haemophilus actinomycetem comitans2
2
Actinomaduramadurae2(EU -96)
Actinomadurapelletieri2(EU-96)
Actinomycesbovis2(Belguim-97)
Actinomycesgerencseriae2(EU-96)
Actinomycesisraelii2(EU-96)
Actinomycesnaeslundii
Actinomycespyogeneswas Corynebacterium22
Actinomycesspp2
Aeromonashydrophilia2(EU-96)2
Aeromonaspunctata2(Belguim-97)
Aeromonasspp
Afpia spp
Amycolataautotrophica22
Arachniapropionicawas Propionibacterium propionicum
Arcanobacteriumhaemolyticumwas Corynebacterium22
Arcanobacteriumequiwas Corynebacterium2(EU-96)
Arizonahinshawii22

B

GenusSpeciesCommentsSU 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL - 1993 CDC Biosafety Level NIH rDNA - 1996 Biosafety Level
BactillusanthracisSELECT AGENT2/3*2/3*2
Bactilluscereus2
Bactillusthuringiensis2(Belguim-97)2
Bacteroidesfragilis2(EU-96)
Bacteroidesspp2(Belguim-97)
Bartonellabacilliformis2(LCDC-96)
Bartonellaelizabethae2(LCDC-96)
Bartonellaspp
Bartonellahenselaewas genus Rochalimaea22
Bartonellaquintanawas genus Rochalimaea222
Bartonellavinsoniiwas genus Rochalimaea222
Bordetellaall spp22
Bordetellabronchiseptica22
Bordetellaparapertussis22
Bordetellapertussis222
Borreliaburgdorferi22
Borreliaduttoni2(EU-96)
Borreliarecurrentis22
Borreliaspp2(EU-96)
Borreliavincenti2(LCDC-96)
BrucellaabortusSELECT AGENT 333
Brucellacanis333
BrucellamelitensisSELECT AGENT333
Brucellaovis33
Brucellasppexcept B. ovis333
Brucellasuis333
BurkholderiasppAustralia, EU still as Pseudomonas spp.3
Burkholderiamalleiwas Pseudomonas33
Burkholderiapseudomalleiwas Pseudomonas3

C

GenusSpeciesCommentsSU 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL 1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Calymmatobacteriumgranulomatis
Campylobactercoli222
Campylobacterfetussubsp fetus222
Campylobacterjejuni222
Campylobacterspp222
Campylobactersputorum2(LCDC-96)
Capnocytophagaspp
Cardiobacterumhominis2(EU-96)
Chlamydiapneumoniae22
Chlamydiapsittaciavian strains, 3222
ChlamydiasppC. pneumoniae*, EU=2, Belgium=222
Chlamydiatrachomatislymphogranuloma venereum agent222
Citrobacterspp2
ClostridiumbotulinumSELECT AGENT222
Clostridiumchauvoei22
Clostridiumdifficile2(LCDC-96)
Clostridiumequi2(Belgium-97)
Clostridiumhaemolyticum22
Clostridiumhistolyticum22
Clostridiumnovyi22
Clostridiumperfringens2(LCDC-96)
Clostridiumsepticum22
Clostridiumsordelli2(LCDC-96)
Clostridiumspp22
Clostridiumtetani222
Corynebacteriumbovis2(EU-96)
Corynebacteriumdiphtheriae222
Corynebacteriummatruchotii2(EU-96)
Corynebacteriumminutissimum2(EU-96)2
Corynebacteriumpseudotuberculosis2
Corynebacteriumrenale22
Corynebacteriumspp22
Corynebacteriumulcerans2(EU-96)
CoxiellaburnetiiSELECT AGENT333

D

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Dermatophiluscongolensis22

E

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Edwardsiellatarda222
Eikenellacorrodens2
Enterobacteraerogenes/cloacae2(EU-96)
Enterobacterspp2(EU-96)
Enterococcusspp(Streptococcus faecalis)2(EU-96)
Erlichiasennetsu(Rickettsia)2(EU-96)
Erlichiaspp2(EU-96)
Erysipelothrixrhusiopathiaewas spp insidiosa222
Erysipelothrixspp
Escherichiacoli(pathogenic strains)22
Escherichiacoli K12genetically crippled11

F

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Flavobacteriummeningosepticumwas Legionella2(EU-96)
Flavobacteriumspp
Fluoribacterbozemanae2(EU-96)
Francisellanovocida2(LCDC-96)
FrancisellatularensisType A SELECT AGENT333
FrancisellatularensisType B22
Fusobacteriumnecrophorum2(LCDC-96)
Fusobacteriumspp

G

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Gardnerella vaginalis 2(EU-96)

H

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Haemophilusducreyi22
Haemophilusinfluenzae22
Haemophilusspp2(EU-96)
Hartmanellaspp
Helicobacter pylori was genus Campylobacter222
Herellea
vaginicola see Actinetobacter baumannii22

K

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Haemophilus ducreyi22
Haemophilus influenzae
22
Haemophilus
spp 2(EU-96)
Hartmanella spp

L

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Lactobacillus spp221
Legionella
pneumophila222
Legionellaspp222
Legionella-like organisms22
Leptospirainterrogansall serotypes (icterohemorragiae)2
Listeriaivanovii22
Listeriamonocytogenes22
Listeriaspp22

M

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
MimapolymorphaAcinetobacter lwoffi2
Moraxellaspp2
Morganellamorganii2(EU-96)
Mycobacteriumafricanum22
Mycobacteriumasiaticum222
Mycobacteriumavium-intracelluare(avium in Canada)222
MycobacteriumbovisBCG is 2222
MycobacteriumcheloneiEU chelonae222
Mycobacteriumfortuitum222
Mycobacteriumkansasii222
Mycobacteriumleprae222
Mycobacteriummalmoense222
Mycobacteriummarinum222
Mycobacteriummicroti222
MycobacteriumparatuberculosisMycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis222
Mycobacteriumscrofulaceum222
Mycobacteriumsimiae222
Mycobacteriumsppexcept. MDR M.tb complex222
Mycobacteriumszulgai222
Mycobacteriumtuberculosis3, V,T for multiply resistant333
Mycobacteriumulcerans222
Mycoplasmaxenopi222
Mycoplasmahominis22
MycoplasmamycoidesSELECT AGENTselect agentrestricted
Mycoplasmapneumoniae22
Mycoplasmaagalactiaerestricted animal pathigenrestrictedrestricted
Mycoplasmaspp

N

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Neisseriagonorrhoeae22
Neisseriameningitidis22
Neisseriaspp2(Belgium-97)
Nocardiaasteroides22
Nocardiabrasiliensis2
Nocardiacaviae2(EU-96)
Nocardiafarcinica2(EU-96)
Nocardianova2
Nocardiaspp2
Nocardiatransvalensis2
Nocardiaotitidis-caviarumEU-otitidiscaviarum22

P

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Pasteurellahaemolytica22
Pasteurellamultocida33
Pasteurellapneumotropica2(LCDC-96)
Pasteurellaspptype B, "buffalo", other virulent strains22
Peptostreptococcus
anaerobius2(EU-96)
Plesiomonasshigelloides2(EU-96)
Porphyromonasspp2(EU-96)
Prevotellaspp2(EU-96)
Proteusmirabilis2(EU-96)
Proteuspenneri2(EU-96)
Proteusspp.2(EU-96)
Proteusvulgaris2(EU-96)
Providenciaalcalifaciens2(EU-96)
Providenciarettgeri2(EU-96)
Providenciaspp2(EU-96)
Pseudomonasaeruginosa22
Pseudomonassppexcept P. mallei, Burholderia maiiei

R

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Rhodococcusequi22
Rickettsia(vole)
22
Rickettsiaakari333
Rickettsiaaustralis333
Rickettsiacanada333
Rickettsiaconorii333
Rickettsiamontana3(LCDC-96)
Rickettsiamooserisee R. typhi3(LCDC-96)
Rickettsiaparkeri3(LCDC-96)
RickettsiaprowazekiiSELECT AGENT333
Rickettsiarhipicephali3
RickettsiarickettsiiSELECT AGENT333
Rickettsiasennetsu33
Rickettsiasibirica33
Rickettsiaspp33
Rickettsiatsutsugamushi333
Rickettsiatyphi (mooseri)33

S

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Salmonellaarizonae22
Salmonellacholerasuis22
Salmonellaenteritidis22
Salmonellagallinarum-pullorum22
Salmonellameleagridis22
Salmonellaparatyphi,A,B,CA,B,C22
Salmonellasppall spp and serotypes/ serovars22
Salmonellatyphi22
Salmonellatyphimurium22
Serpulinaspp2(EU-96)
Serratiamarcescens
Serratialiquefaciens
Shigellaboydii222
ShigelladysenteriaeType 1222
Shigellaflexneri222
Shigellasonnei222
Shigellaspp222
Sphaerophorusnecrophorus22
Staphylococcusaureus22
Staphylococcusepidermidis2(EU-96)
Streptobacillusmoniliformis22
Streptobacillusspp22
Streptococcusagalactiae22
Streptococcuspneumoniae22
StreptococcuspyogenesCanada Lancefield Groups A-D, G22
Streptococcussppsee also Enterococcus spp22
Streptococcussuis22

T

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Treponemacarateum2(EU-96)
Treponemapallidum22
Treponemapertenue222
Treponemaspp2(LCDC-96)
Treponemavincentii2(LCDC-96)

U

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Ureaplasmaurealyticum2(LCDC-96)

V

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Vibriocholeraeincluding El Tor(EU, Belgium)222
Vibrioparahaemolyticus222
Vibriospp222
Vibriovulnificus22

Y

GenusSpeciesCommentsSyracuse University 2004 Biosafety LevelBMBL-1993 CDC Biosafety LevelNIH rDNA-1996 Biosafety Level
Yersiniaenterocolitica22
YersiniapestisSELECT AGENT333
Yersiniapseudotuberculosis2
Yersiniasppexcept Y. pestis2