Anonymous wrote:
AUSTRALIA GROUP LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS FOR EXPORT CONTROL CORE LIST1
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Genetically Modified Micro-organisms
G1. Genetically modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms in the core list.
G2. Genetically modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the toxins in the core list, or their subunits.
Toxins as follow and subunits thereof:2
T1. Botulinum toxins T2. Clostridium perfringens toxins T3. Conotoxin T4. Ricin T5. Saxitoxin T6. Shiga toxin T7. Staphylococcus aureaus toxins T8. Tetrodotoxin T9. Verotoxin T10. Microcystin (Cyanginosin) T11. Alflatoxins
[...] Hmmm, mythical chimeras subject to export control? E. coli with a dinoflagellate sting? Smegma that erupts into gas gangrene? Surely these nightmares are only paranoid delusions of national security strategists who may have eaten British beef too close to bedtime. A pox on their infections! And a swab of flesh eating streptococcus on the lubri-smooth strip of all their razors, so they can't save face.