TOP 1: Brief classifications – Aquifex aeolicus, fish herpesviruses and Tetratrichomonas gallinarum
Dr. Joachim Kremerskothen
Within the framework of the safety classification of genetic engineering work, Aquifex aeolicus was assigned to risk group 1 and various fish herpes viruses to risk group 2.
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In addition, the ZKBS has studied the protist Tetratrichomonas gallinarum in more detail, which can infect the digestive tract of various bird species. T. gallinarum is believed to be the cause of a typhlohepatitis epidemic on a chicken and partridge farm. Furthermore, fatal infections with T. gallinarum have also been detected in wild bird species. It can therefore be assumed that different strains of T. gallinarum have different pathogenic potential.
In its statement, the ZKBS classifies T. gallinarum as a donor and recipient organism for genetic engineering work of theRisk group 2In addition, the ZKBS points out that T. gallinarum is already assigned to risk group 1+ in the TRBA.
