Western Australian Organism List

The Western Australian Organism List (WAOL) database allows you to search for organisms declared under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act). It is not a complete list of all organisms in Western Australia or their attributes. Use the database to find the legal status of organisms, control requirements, declared pest species and more.

You can search scientific name, common name, phylum, class, order or family name.

ResetExport results

This utility can be used for downloading organisms. Please select your desired download format and then click Download.

A total of 58 results were found at 15:33 on 24th April 2024.

Results

  • Candidatus phytoplasma trifolii Hiruki and Wang 2004 
    Family: Acholeplasmataceae

    Synonym: Potato witches' broom phytoplasma. Common names: potato witches' broom, potato purple top (PPT), beet leafhopper-transmitted virescence agent (BLTVA), Potato witches' broom (Canada), Columbia basin potato purple top, Clover proliferation (CP).

  • Candidatus phytoplasma ulmi Lee, Martini, Marcone & Zhu 2004 
    Family: Acholeplasmataceae

    Common name: elm yellows.

  • Chlamydophila abortus 
    Family: Chlamydiaceae

    Synonyms: Chlamydia abortus, Chlamydia psittaci serotype 1. Common name: Enzootic abortion of ewes.

  • Clavibacter insidiosus (McCulloch 1925) Li et al. 2018 
    Family: Microbacteriaceae

    Synonyms: Clavibacter michiganense subsp. insidiosum, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. insidiosus (McCulloch 1925) Davis et al. 1984, Corynebacterium insidiosum, Corynebacterium michiganense pv. insidiosum. Common names: vascular lucerne wilt, root rot (lucerne), lucerne wilt, blight, bacterial wilt.

  • Clavibacter nebraskensis (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Li et al. 2018 
    Family: Microbacteriaceae

    Synonyms: Clavibacter michiganense subsp. nebraskense, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Davis et al. 1984, Corynebacterium michiganense pv. nebraskense, Corynebacterium michiganense subsp. nebraskense, Corynebacterium nebraskense. Common names: leaf freckles and wilt, goss's bacterial wilt and blight (sugarcane).

  • Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Li et al. 2018 
    Family: Microbacteriaceae

    Synonyms: Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus corring. (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Davis et al. 1984, Corynebacterium michiganense pv. sepedonicum, Corynebacterium michiganense subsp. sepedonicum, Corynebacterium sepedonicum, Mycobacterium sepedonicum (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914).... Common names: vascular potato wilt, ring rot (potato), potato ring spot, bacterial ring rot.

  • Clavibacter tessellarius (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) Li et al. 2018 
    Family: Microbacteriaceae

    Synonyms: Clavibacter michiganense subsp. Tessellarius, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. tessellarius corring. (Carlson and Vidaver) Davis et al. 1984. Common name: bacterial mosaic (wheat).

  • Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984 
    Family: Microbacteriaceae

    Synonym: Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens. Common names: tan spot, bean wilt (various hosts), bacterial wilt, bacterial tan spot.

  • Dickeya dianthicola Samson et al. 2005 
    Family: Enterobacteriaceae

    Synonym: Pectobacterium parthenii var. dianthicola.

  • Dickeya parthenii Samson et al. 2005 
    Family: Enterobacteriaceae

  • Dickeya solani van der Wolf et al. 2014 
    Family: Enterobacteriaceae

  • Ehrlichia ruminantium 
    Family: Ehrlichiaceae

    Synonym: Cowdria ruminantium. Common name: Heartwater.

  • Erwinia amylovora (Burrill 1882) Winslow et al. 1920 
    Family: Enterobacteriaceae

    Synonyms: Bacillus amylovorus, Erwinia amylovora f.sp. Rubi. Common name: fireblight (pome fruit).

  • Erwinia persicina Hao et al. 1990 
    Family: Enterobacteriaceae

  • Erwinia pyrifoliae Kim, Gardan, Rhim, Geider 1999 
    Family: Enterobacteriaceae

    Common name: black stem blight.

  • Erwinia tracheiphila (Smith 1895) Bergey et al. 1923 
    Family: Enterobacteriaceae

    Synonyms: Bacillus tracheiphilus, Bacillus tracheiphilus f. sp. cucumis, Erwinia amylovora var tracheiphila. Common names: vascular wilt (cucurbits), bacterial wilt (cucurbits).

  • Francisella tularensis 
    Family: Francisellaceae

    Synonym: Pasteurella tularensis. Common name: Tularaemia.

  • Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998 
    Family: Acetobacteraceae

    Synonyms: Acetobacter aceti subsp. Liquefaciens, Acetobacter liquefaciens. Common name: pink disease (pineapple).

  • grapevine flavescence doree Phytoplasma 
    Family: Acholeplasmataceae

  • Melissococcus plutonius corrig. (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983 
    Family: Enterococcaceae

    Common name: European foulbrood.

Pages

Refine results

Use the filters below to reduce the result set or reset all filters.

Legal status

See the legend for legal status meaning.

Classification

The classification of the organism.

Ranking

The taxonomy ranking of the organism.

Local government area's

LGA names and boundaries as defined by Landgate (recent to Feb 2014).

Control categories

See the legend for control category meaning.

Keeping categories

See the legend for keeping category meaning.

Presence

Whether the organism is currently found in Western Australia.

BAM Act Definitions

Legal status

Each listed organism is declared under the Biosecurity Management act with certain legal requirements:

Declared Pest, Prohibited - s12

Prohibited organisms are declared pests by virtue of section 22(1), and may only be imported and kept subject to permits. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Permitted - s11

Permitted organisms must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported. They may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.

Permitted, Requires Permit - r73

Regulation 73 permitted organisms may only be imported subject to an import permit. These organisms may be subject to restriction under legislation other than the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Unlisted - s14

If you are considering importing an unlisted organism/s you will need to submit the name/s for assessment, as unlisted organisms are automatically prohibited entry into WA.

Control categories

Declared pests can be assigned to a C1, C2 or C3 control category under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013. Prohibited organisms can be assigned to a C1 or C2 control category, the control categories are:

C1 Exclusion

Organisms which should be excluded from part or all of Western Australia.

C2 Eradication

Organisms which should be eradicated from part or all of Western Australia.

C3 Management

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.

Unassigned

Unassigned: Declared pests that are recognised as having a harmful impact under certain circumstances, where their subsequent control requirements are determined by a Plan or other legislative arrangements under the Act.

Keeping categories

The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013 (BAM Regs) specify prohibited and restricted keeping categories for the purposes of regulating organisms declared under the BAM Act. In regards to the purposes for which they can be kept, and the entities that can keep them for that purpose. A keeping permit is the administrative tool used to assign specific conditions to the keeping of an organism.

Prohibited keeping

Can only be kept under a permit for public display and education purposes, and/or genuine scientific research, by entities approved by the state authority.

Restricted keeping

Organisms which, relative to other species, have a low risk of becoming a problem for the environment, primary industry or public safety and can be kept under a permit by private individuals.

Exempt keeping

No permit or conditions are required for keeping. There may be other requirements under BAMA such as those required for entry of livestock, pigeons and doves, or waybill requirements for stock movement. An organism in the exempt keeping category may also be regulated by other legislation such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WCA), administered by DPaW.

Please ensure you have entered a search string before searching, or use the Browse all or Reset buttons.
If the species you are interested in is not listed on WAOL you may request to have it assessed. Please contact the Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) on (08) 9368 3080 or email padis@dpird.wa.gov.au, and they will transfer you to the relevant person.