[DIYbio] Re: safe microbes

Patrik,

I saw a workshop that used Janthinobacterium lividum which produces the same purple pigment but is BSL1. I'm interested in finding these kits. Do you remember what company it was?

Regina


On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 10:42:59 PM UTC-7, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
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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