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Bacteria and Rickettsia |
Disease name | Fungi |
Plant Pathogens |
Livestock Agents| Toxins |
Viruses | Secondary
agents | Biological Agent Code Names
| Code | Agent | Disease | Agent Type | Comments |
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| BG | Bacillus globigii | Bacterium |
Anthrax simulant
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| BTX | Botulinus toxin | Botulism | Toxin |
Originally termed "X" by the British in World
War II
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| C | Sclerotium rolfsii | Fungus (plant pathogen) |
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| E | Helminthosporium oryzae | Fungus (Plant pathogen) |
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| FDF | Microcystins | Toxin |
Stands for "Fast Death Factor"
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| HO | Vibrio cholerae | Cholera | Bacterium | |
| IE | Pyricularia oryzae | Fungus (Plant pathogen) |
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| LA | Burkholderia mallei | Glanders | Bacterium | |
| LE | Yersinia pestis | Bubonic plague | Bacterium | |
| LO | Phytopthora infestans | Late potato blight | Oomycete (Plant pathogen) |
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| N | Bacillus anthracis | Anthrax | Bacterium |
British code name in in World War II. Not weaponized by
the US
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| OC | Coccidiodes immitis | Coccidiodomycosis | Fungus (human pathogen) |
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| OE | Newcastle disease virus | Newcastle disease | Animal virus |
Pathogen of poultry
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| OU | Coxiella burnetii | Q fever | Rickettsia | |
| PG | Staphylococcal enterotoxin B | Toxin |
Also known as SEB
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| RI | Rickettsiae | Rickettsia | ||
| SEB | Staphylococcal enterotoxin B | Toxin |
Also known as N
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| SI | Chlamydia psittaci | Ornithosis | Rickettsia | |
| SM | Serratia marcescens |
A simulant
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| SS | Saxitoxin | Paralytic shellfish poisoning | Toxin |
CAS 35523-89-8
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| TTX | Tetrodotoxin | Toxin |
CAS 4368-28-9
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| UL | Francisella tularensis | Tularemia | Bacteria | |
| US | Brucella melitensis | Brucellosis | Bacteria | |
| VFDF | Anatoxin-A |
Stands for "Very Fast Death Factor"
CAS 64285-06-9 |
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| W | Ricin | |||
| X | Botulinus toxin | Botulism | Toxin |
X is originally a British code name from World War II.
Known as BTX in the US.
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| Y | Shigella dysenteriae | Dysentery | Bacteria | |
| YE | Rickettsia prowazecki | Typhus | Rickettsia |
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