Subject: STRAINS OF MICROORGANISMS  

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

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NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE 

 

 

JANUARY 1991 

 

COUNTRY: IRAQ 

 

SUBJ: STRAINS OF MICROORGANISMS  

THE FOLLOWING MICROORGANISMS    IN IRAQ: 

           -BACILLUS ANTHRACIS 

           -BACILLUS SUBTILIS 

           -CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPES A, E, AND F 

           -CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS 

           -FRANCISELLA  TULARENSIS 

           -CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI 

           -BACILLUS MEGATERIUM 

           -BRUCELLA- ABORTUS BIOTYPES 3 AM 9 

           -BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOTYPES 1 AND 3 

           -HU LAMBDA 4X-8, AND 15 PHAGE LYSATE 

           -SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE AND UVARUM 

           -KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS VARIATIONS MARXIANUS AND 

           BULGARICUS. 

           -RHODOTORULA RUBRA 

           -CANDIDA FAMTA 

           -ESCHERICIA COLI 

           -PTIB0542 PLASMID IN AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS 

           -CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS CLONE 

           -PHPT31 PLASMID IN ESCHERICIA COLI 

           -P LAMBDA 500 PLASMID IN ESCHERICHIA COLI 

           -CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM 

           -PMM34 COSMID IN ESCHERICIA COLI 

           -PCVD301 PLASMID IN ESCKERICIA COLI 

           -PUB110 PLASMID IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS 

           -SALMONELLA TYPHI