Organisms That do not Require a Plant Protection Permit to Import

Revised on April 18, 2011
NOTE: All invertebrate organisms which are products of biotechnology require a permit to import.

Scientific Name	Common Name, Synonym, Product name, or Research Descriptor*	Origin	End Use	Type of Organism
All species	aquatic snails	all	N/A	Mollusca
All species	centipedes	all	N/A	Chilopoda
All species known to occur in Canada	earthworms	Continental U.S.	N/A	Oligochaeta
All species	leeches	all	N/A	Hirudinea
All species	scorpions	all	N/A	Scorpionida
All species	spiders	all	N/A	Araneida
Acetobacter xylinum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Acetogenium kivui		all	N/A	Bacteria
Acheta domesticus	house cricket	Continental U.S.	N/A	Insecta
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Acinetobacter lwoffii		all	N/A	Bacteria
Aeromonas hydrophila		all	N/A	Bacteria
Agrobacterium radiobacter		all	N/A	Bacteria
Agrobacterium rhizogenes		all	N/A	Bacteria
Agrobacterium tumefaciens		all	N/A	Bacteria
Alcaligenes faecalis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Amycolatopsis orientalis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Aquaspirillum magnetotactium		all	N/A	Bacteria
Aquaspirillum gracile		all	N/A	Bacteria
Aquaspirillum autotrophicum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Arthrobacter protophormiae		all	N/A	Bacteria
Arthrobacter luteus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Azospirillum brasilense		all	N/A	Bacteria
Bacillus coagulans		all	N/A	Bacteria
Bacillus licheniformis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Bacillus megaterium		all	N/A	Bacteria
Bacillus polymyxa		all	N/A	Bacteria
Bacillus stearothermophilus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Bacillus subtilis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Bacillus thuringiensis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Basidiobolus ranarum		all	N/A	Fungi
Blatella germanica	German cockroach, Russian cockroach, Prussian cockroach	all	N/A	Insecta
Bradyrhizobium spp.		all	N/A	Bacteria
Caenorhabditis elegans		all	N/A	Nematode
Chromobacterium violaceum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Citrobacter amalonaticus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Clostridium sporogenes		all	N/A	Bacteria
Corynebacterium glutamicum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Curtobacterium plantarum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Cydia deshaisiana (=Cydia saltitans)	Mexican Jumping Beans	Continental U.S. and Mexico	N/A	Insecta
Danaus plexippus	Monarch Butterflies	Continental U.S.	N/A	Insecta
Drosophila melanogaster	fruit or vinegar fly	all	N/A	Insecta
Drosophila pseudobscura		Continental U.S.	N/A	Insecta
Enterobacter aerogenes		all	N/A	Bacteria
Enterobacter cloacae		all	N/A	Bacteria
Enterococcus spp.		Continental U.S.	N/A	Bacteria
Escherichia coli		all	N/A	Bacteria
Halobacterium halobium		all	N/A	Bacteria
Klebsiella oxytoca		all	N/A	Bacteria
Klebsiella terrigena		all	N/A	Bacteria
Klebsiella trevisanii		all	N/A	Bacteria
Kluyvera cryocrescens		all	N/A	Bacteria
Lactobacillus spp.		all	N/A	Bacteria
Lactobacillus plantarum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Leuconostoc mesenteroides		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanobacterium espanolae		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanobacterium formicicum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanobacterium culumaggergar		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanobacterium palustre		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanobaterium bryantii		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanococcoides methylutens		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanohalobium spp.		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanolobus tindarius		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methanospirillum hungatei		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methylobacterium mesophilicum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Methylosinus trichosporium		all	N/A	Bacteria
Micrococcus roseus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Micrococcus luteus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Mycobacterium smegmatis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Mycobacterium phlei		all	N/A	Bacteria
Myxococcus xanthus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Nitrobacter winogradski		all	N/A	Bacteria
Nitrosomonas europaea		all	N/A	Bacteria
Nocardia petrophilia		all	N/A	Bacteria
Ooencyrtus Kuvanae		Continental U.S.	N/A	Insecta
Pediococcus spp.		all	N/A	Bacteria
Pediococcus acidilactici		all	N/A	Bacteria
Pediococcus pentosaceus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Periplaneta americana	American cockroach	all	N/A	Insecta
Phaffia spp.	Yeasts	all	N/A	Fungi
Photobacterium phosphoreum		all	N/A	Bacteria
Phycomyces blakesleeanus		all	N/A	Fungi
Pilobolus crystallinus		all	N/A	Fungi
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis	harvester ants, worker caste only	Continental U.S.	N/A	Insecta
Prochlorothrix hollandica		all	N/A	Bacteria
Propionibacterium jensenii		all	N/A	Bacteria
Proteus mirabilis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Proteus vulgaris		all	N/A	Bacteria
Providencia rettgeri		all	N/A	Bacteria
Pseudomonas aureofaciens		all	N/A	Bacteria
Pseudomonas chlororaphis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Pseudomonas fluorescens		all	N/A	Bacteria
Pseudomonas putida		all	N/A	Bacteria
Pseudorobillarda spp.		Continental U.S.	N/A	Fungi
Rhizobium spp.		all	N/A	Bacteria
Robillarda spp.		Continental U.S.	N/A	Fungi
Saccharomyces spp.	Yeasts	all	N/A	Fungi
Sarcina lutea		all	N/A	Bacteria
Serratia fonticola		all	N/A	Bacteria
Serratia liquefaciens		all	N/A	Bacteria
Serratia plymuthica		all	N/A	Bacteria
Serratia rubidaea		all	N/A	Bacteria
Spirillum volutans		all	N/A	Bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptococcus spp.		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptococcus faecalis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptococcus thermophilus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptomyces albus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptomyces azureus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptomyces griseoviridis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. hygroscopicus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Streptomyces lividans		all	N/A	Bacteria
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius		all	N/A	Bacteria
Synechococcus leopoliensis		all	N/A	Bacteria
Sulfolobus solfataricus		all	N/A	Bacteria
Syntrophospora bryantii		all	N/A	Bacteria
Tenebrio molitor	yellow mealworm	Continental U.S.	N/A	Insecta
Thiobacillus ferrooxidans		all	N/A	Bacteria
Thiobacillus thiooxidans		all	N/A	Bacteria
Vanessa cardui	Painted Lady Butterfly	Continental U.S.	N/A	Insecta
Xanthomonas maltophilia		all	N/A	Bacteria

* For catalogued biological sample, species will be listed per their genetic modification or construct.