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The following pathological, ecological and physiological traits—

(a)

the classification of hazard according to existing Community rules concerning the protection of human health and the environment;

(b)

the generation time in natural ecosystems and the sexual and asexual reproductive cycle;

(c)

information on survivability, including seasonability and the ability to form survival structures, including seeds, spores and sclerotia;

(d)

pathogenicity, including infectivity, toxigenicity, virulence, allergenicity, ability to act as a carrier (vector) of pathogen, possible vectors, host range including non-target organisms and possible activation of latent viruses (proviruses) and ability to colonise other organisms;

(e)

antibiotic resistance, and potential use of these antibiotics in humans and domestic organisms for prophylaxis and therapy;

(f)

involvement in environmental processes, including primary production, nutrient turnover, decomposition of organic matter and respiration.