# Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), Division BACTERIA: and similar organisms

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

See paragraph 8 of the introductory notes.
Biological agent
Classification
Notes
Actinomadura madurae
W
Actinomadura pelletieri
2
Actinomyces gerencseriae
2
Actinomyces israelii
2
Actinomyces spp.
2
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans)
2
Anaplasma spp.
2
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum (Corynebacterium haenolyticum)
2
Arcobacter butzleri
2
Bacillus anthracis
3
T
Bacteroides fragilis
2
Bacteroides spp.
2
Bartonella bacilliformis
2
Bartonella quintana (Rochalimaea quintana)
2
Bartonella (Rochalimaea) spp.
2
Bordetella bronchiseptica
2
Bordetella parapertussis
2
Bordetella pertussis
2
T, V
Bordetella spp.
2
Borrelia burgdorferi
2
Borrelia duttonii
2
Borrelia recurrentis
2
Borrelia spp.
2
Brachyspira spp.
2
Brucella abortus
3
Brucella canis
3
Brucella inopinata
3
Brucella melitensis
3
Brucella suis
3
Burkholderia cepacia
2
Burkholderia mallei (Pseudomonas mallei)
3
Burkholderia pseudomallei (Pseudomonas pseudomallei)
3
D
Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus
2
Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis
2
Campylobacter jejuni subsp. doylei
2
Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni
2
Campylobacter spp.
2
Cardiobacterium hominis
2
Cardiobacterium valvarum
2
Chlamydia abortus (Chlamydophila abortus)
2
Chlamydia caviae (Chlamydophila caviae)
2
Chlamydia felis (Chlamydophila felis)
2
Chlamydia pneumoniae (Chlamydophila pneumoniae)
2
Chlamydia psittaci (Chlamydophila psittaci) (avian strains)
3
Chlamydia psittaci (Chlamydophila psittaci) (other strains)
2
Chlamydia trachomatis (Chlamydophila trachomatis)
2
Clostridium botulinum
2
T
Clostridium difficile
2
T
Clostridium perfringens
2
T
Clostridium tetani
2
T, V
Clostridium spp.
2
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
2
T, V
Corynebacterium minutissimum
2
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
2
T
Corynebacterium ulcerans
2
T
Corynebacterium spp.
2
Coxiella burnetii
3
Edwardsiella tarda
2
Ehrlichia spp.
2
Eikenella corrodens
2
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (Flavobacterium meningosepticum)
2
Enterobacter aerogenes (Klebsiella mobilis)
2
Enterobacter cloacae subsp. cloacae (Enterobacter cloacae)
2
Enterobacter spp.
2
Enterococcus spp.
2
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
2
Escherichia coli (with the exception of non-pathogenic strains)
2
Escherichia coli, verocytotoxigenic strains (e.g. O157:H7 or O103)
3
T
Fluoribacter bozemanae (Legionella)
2
Francisella hispaniensis
2
Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica
2
Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica
2
Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida
2
Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis
3
Fusobacterium necrophorum subsp. funduliforme
2
Fusobacterium necrophorum subsp. necrophorum
2
Gardnerella vaginalis
2
Haemophilus ducreyi
2
Haemophilus influenzae
2
V
Haemophilus spp.
2
Helicobacter pylori
2
Helicobacter spp.
2
Klebsiella oxytoca
2
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae
2
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae
2
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis
2
Klebsiella spp.
2
Legionella pneumophila subsp. fraseri
2
Legionella pneumophila subsp. pascullei
2
Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila
2
Legionella spp.
2
Leptospira interrogans (all serovars)
2
Leptospira interrogans spp.
2
Listeria monocytogenes
2
Listeria ivanovii subsp. ivanovii
2
Listeria invanovii subsp. londoniensis
2
Morganella morganii subsp. morganii (Proteus morganii)
2
Morganella morganii subsp. sibonii
2
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus
2
Mycobacterium africanum
3
V
Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium (Mycobacterium avium)
2
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Mycobacterium paratuberculosis)
2
Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum
2
Mycobacterium bovis
3
V
Mycobacterium caprae (Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae)
3
Mycobacterium chelonae
2
Mycobacterium chimaera
2
Mycobacterium fortuitum
2
Mycobacterium intracellulare
2
Mycobacterium kansasii
2
Mycobacterium leprae
3
Mycobacterium malmoense
2
Mycobacterium marinum
2
Mycobacterium microti
3
Mycobacterium pinnipedii
3
Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
2
Mycobacterium simiae
2
Mycobacterium szulgai
2
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
3
V
Mycobacterium ulcerans
3
Mycobacterium xenopi
2
Mycoplasma hominis
2
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
2
Mycoplasma spp.
2
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
2
Neisseria meningitidis
2
V
Neorickettsia sennetsu (Rickettsia sennetsu, Ehrlichia sennetsu)
2
Nocardia asteroides
2
Nocardia brasiliensis
2
Nocardia farcinica
2
Nocardia nova
2
Nocardia otitidiscaviarum
2
Nocardia spp.
2
Orientia tsutsugamushi (Rickettsia tsutsugamushi)
3
Pasteurella multocida subsp. gallicida (Pasteurella gallicida)
2
Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida
2
Pasteurella multocida subsp. septica
2
Pasteurella spp.
2
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
2
Plesiomonas shigelloides
2
Porphyromonas spp.
2
Prevotella spp.
2
Proteus mirabilis
2
Proteus penneri
2
Proteus vulgaris
2
Providencia alcalifaciens (Proteus inconstans)
2
Providencia rettgeri (Proteus rettgeri)
2
Providencia spp.
2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2
T
Rhodococcus hoagii (Corynebacterium equii)
2
Rickettsia africae
3
Rickettsia akari
3
Rickettsia australis
3
Rickettsia canadensis
2
Rickettsia conorii
3
Rickettsia heilongjiangensis
3
Rickettsia japonica
3
Rickettsia montanensis
2
Rickettsia typhi
3
Rickettsia prowazekii
3
Rickettsia rickettsii
3
Rickettsia sibirica
3
Rickettsia spp.
2
Salmonella enterica (choleraesuis) subsp. arizonae
2
Salmonella Enteritidis
2
Salmonella Paratyphi A, B, C
2
V
Salmonella Typhi
3
V
Salmonella Typhimurium
2
Salmonella (other serovars)
2
Shigella boydii
2
Shigella dysenteriae (Type 1)
3
T
Shigella dysenteriae, other than Type 1
2
Shigella flexneri
2
Shigella sonnei
2
Staphylococcus aureus
2
T
Streptobacillus moniliformis
2
Streptococcus agalactiae
2
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis
2
Streptococcus pneumoniae
2
T, V
Streptococcus pyogenes
2
T
Streptococcus suis
2
Streptococcus spp.
2
Treponema carateum
2
Treponema pallidum
2
Treponema pertenue
2
Treponema spp.
2
Trueperella pyogenes
2
Ureaplasma parvum
2
Ureaplasma urealyticum
2
Vibrio cholerae (including El Tor)
2
T, V
Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Benecka parahaemolytica)
2
Vibrio spp.
2
Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterolitica
2
Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica
2
Yersinia pestis
3
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
2
Yersinia spp.
2

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