Revised on May 14, 2010
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 |
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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 | |
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.