[DIYbio] Re: safe microbes

Yeah, that's still the best list out there that I know of.

Note that it's definitely not perfect - for example Chromobacteria are listed in List #2A, even though the purple pigment producing Chromobacterium violaceum is a BSL2 organism. (Interestingly, several educational outlets were selling kits of pigmented bacteria that included C. violaceum a while back...)

Patrik

On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8:22:11 AM UTC-7, Jason Bobe wrote:
This list of safe micro-organisms was published in late 90s, to fulfill the "NIH Director's wish to provide a list of organisms that pose no threat to health or the environment". It describes microbes that are safe for grade school classroom use, for example:


Anyone know of a more modern, updated resource like this?

Jason

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