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Statistics on products containing microorganisms in the latest XML dump of the SRPPP

Johannes Ranke

Last change 17 July 2025 (rebuilt 2025-12-11)

Code 
knitr::opts_chunk$set(tidy = FALSE, cache = FALSE)
options(knitr.kable.NA = '')
library(srppp)
library(dplyr)
library(knitr)
Code 
srppp <- try(srppp_dm(srppp_xml_url))

# Fall back to using the file distributed with the package
if (inherits(srppp, "try-error")) {
  test_data <- system.file("testdata/Daten_Pflanzenschutzmittelverzeichnis_2024-12-16.zip",
  package = "srppp")
  test_xml <- srppp_xml_get_from_path(test_data, from = "2024-12-16")
  srppp <- srppp_dm(test_xml)
}

Products in microorganism categories

The following list was used to identify product categories containing microorganisms.

Code 
srppp$categories |>
  group_by(category_de) |>
  summarise(n = n()) |>
  kable()
category_de n
Akarizid 120
Andere 1
Bakterizid 25
Desinfektionsmittel 3
Fungizid 269
Herbizid 322
Insektizid 154
Lebende Organismen (Bakterien) 2
Lebende Organismen (Insekten) 115
Lebende Organismen (Insektenviren) 11
Lebende Organismen (Milben) 30
Lebende Organismen (Nematoden) 23
Lebende Organismen (Pilze) 14
Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze) 7
Mittel zum Schutz von Erntegütern 5
Molluskizid 31
Nematizid 2
Pheromon 31
Phytoregulator 72
Rodentizid 8
Saatbeizmittel 27
Stimulator der natürlichen Abwehrkräfte 5
Virizid 1
Vorratsschutzmittel 19
Wildabhaltemittel 5
Wundverschlussmittel 1
Zusatzstoffe 35

The resulting product categories containing microorganisms were defined as follows:

Code 
microorganism_categories = c(
  "Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)",
  "Lebende Organismen (Pilze)",
  "Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)")
kable(data.frame(Category = microorganism_categories))
Category
Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)
Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)

The corresponding products are shown below.

Code 
products_in_microorganism_categories <- srppp$products |>
  filter(!isSalePermission) |>
  left_join(srppp$categories, by = "pNbr") |>
  filter(category_de %in% microorganism_categories) |>
  select(pNbr, wNbr, name, category_de) |>
  arrange(pNbr)
n_in_categories <- nrow(products_in_microorganism_categories)
kable(products_in_microorganism_categories)
pNbr wNbr name category_de
4594 4574 Beauveria-Schweizer Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
7650 6423 Metarhizium Schweizer Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
8025 6919 Botector Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8029 6881 BioAct WG Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
8119 6872 Prestop Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8258 7151 Amylo-X Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8309 6847 Lalstop K61 WP Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8374 6912 Deposan Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)
8926 7580 Wormox Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)
8946 7504 Taegro Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9014 7259 AQ 10 Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9049 7316 Naturalis-L Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9052 7324 Rotstop Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9173 7378 Beauveria-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9174 7379 Metarhizium-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9384 7528 Beauveria FL-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9385 7529 Metarhizium FL-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9389 7477 Melocont GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9390 7478 GranMet GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9479 7498 Lalstop Contans WG Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9481 7500 Lalguard M52 GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9698 7632 Metapro Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9699 7633 Beaupro Lebende Organismen (Pilze)

Insecticides and fungicides containing microorganisms

The following lists of active substances in insecticides and fungicides were used to establish filter criteria active substances that are microorganisms.

Code 
srppp$products |>
  filter(!isSalePermission) |>
  left_join(srppp$categories, by = "pNbr") |>
  filter(category_de == "Insektizid") |>
  left_join(srppp$ingredients, by = "pNbr", relationship = "many-to-many") |>
  left_join(srppp$substances, by = "pk") |>
  select(substance_de) |>
  unique() |>
  arrange(substance_de) |>
  kable()
substance_de
1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-on
1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one; 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one
3,6-Dimethyl-4-octin-3,6-diol
Abamectin
Acequinocyl
Acetamiprid
Alcohols, C12-15, ethoxylated
Alkane C9-C12-Iso
Aluminiumphosphid
Anastatus bifasciatus
Azadirachtin A
Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai
Bacillus thuringiensis var. israeliensis
Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki
Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrionis
Beauveria brongniartii
Benzolsulfonsäure
Benzolsulfonsäure, Mono-C11-13-verzweigte Alkylderivate, Calciumsalze
Bifenazat
Buprofezin
C14-C16-Alkanehydroxysulfonic acids sodium salts
Calcium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate
Chlorantraniliprol
Cypermethrin
Deltamethrin
Emamectinbenzoat
Etofenprox
Eupeodes corollae
Fenpyroximate
Fettsäuren
Fettsäuren C7-C18
Fettsäuren, C7-C18-und C18 ungesättigt, Kaliumsalze
Flonicamid
Gamma Butyrolacton
Glutaraldehyd
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
Heterorhabditis downesi
Hexythiazox
Hydrocarbons, C10-C13, aromatics, <1% naphthalene
Kaliumhydrogencarbonat
Kalkstein
Kaolin
Kieselgur (Diatomeenerde)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin
Lösungsmittelnaphtha (Erdöl), leichte aromatische
Maltodextrin
Metarhizium anisopliae
Milbemectin
Oleylamin ethoxyliert, Dodecylbenzensulfonsalz
Orangenöl
Paraffinöl
Piperonyl butoxid
Pirimicarb
Pyrethrine
Quassiaextrakt
Rapsöl
Sesamöl raffiniert
Solvent Naphtha
Solvent naphtha (petroleum), heavy arom.; Kerosine - unspecified
Sphaerophoria rueppellii
Spinetoram
Spinosad
Spirotetramat
Steinernema carpocapsae
Steinernema carpocapsae all strain
Steinernema feltiae
Sulfurylfluorid
Tebufenozide
Tebufenpyrad
Tefluthrin
Tetrahydrofurfuryl-Alkohol
Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko
Trichogramma cacoeciae
Trichogramma evanescens
Weisses Mineralöl (Petroleum)
Xenorhabdus bovienii
Xylol
alcohols, (c12-14), ethoxylated, monoethers with sulfuric acid, sodium salts
alcohols, c11-15-secondary, ethoxylated
Code 
srppp$products |>
  filter(!isSalePermission) |>
  left_join(srppp$categories, by = "pNbr") |>
  filter(category_de == "Fungizid") |>
  left_join(srppp$ingredients, by = "pNbr", relationship = "many-to-many") |>
  left_join(srppp$substances, by = "pk") |>
  select(substance_de) |>
  unique() |>
  arrange(substance_de) |>
  kable()
substance_de
(Z)-9-Octadecen-1-ol ethoxylated
1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-on
1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one; 1,2-benzisothiazolin-1 3-one
1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one; 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one
1,2-benzothiazol-3(2H)-on
1-Butanol
1-Octyl-2-pyrrolidon
2,2’,2’’-(hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine-1,3,5-triyl)triethanol / 1,3,5-tris(2-hydroxyethyl)hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine
2-Ethylhexyl-S-Lactat
2-Ethylhexyllaktat
2-Methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-on
2-methylaminoethanol
Alcohols C9-11, ethoxylated propoxylated
Alcohols, C12-15, ethoxylated
Alcohols, C9-11, ethoxylated
Aluminiumfosetyl (Fosetyl-Al)
Aluminiumsulfat
Ametoctradin
Amisulbrom
Ampelomyces quisqualis
Anethol (1-methoxyl-(1-Propenyl) benzen)
Aureobasidium pullulans
Azoxystrobin
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Stamm MBI 600
Benalaxyl-M
Benzolsulfonsäure
Benzolsulfonsäure, 4-C10-13-sec-Alkylderivate
Benzovindiflupyr
Benzylalkohol
Bixafen
Boscalid
Bupirimate
C14-C16-Alkanehydroxysulfonic acids sodium salts
Calcium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate
Captan
Cyazofamid
Cyflufenamid
Cymoxanil
Cyprodinil
Dazomet (DMTT)
Decanamide, N, N- dimethyl
Destillate (Erdöl)
Difenoconazol
Dimethomorph
Dinatriumphosphonat
Dipenten; Limonen
Disodium maleate
Dithianon
Docusatnatrium
Dodecylbenzolsulfonsäure, Verbindung mit 2-Aminoethanol (1:1)
Dodine
Dreibasisches Kupfersulfat
Estragol
Ethylenediamine, ethoxylated and propoxylated
Fenhexamid
Fenpropidin
Fenpyrazamin
Fluazinam
Fludioxonil
Fluopicolide
Fluopyram
Fluoxastrobin
Flutolanil
Fluxapyroxad
Folpet
Fosetyl
Gemisch aus: 2-Ethylhexyl-mono-D-glucopyranosid und 2-Ethylhexyl-di-D-glucopyranosid
Imazalil
Iprovalicarb
Kaliumhydrogencarbonat
Kaliumphosphonat
Kresoxim-methyl
Kupfer
Kupfer (als Kalkpräparat, Bordeaux-Brühe)
Kupferhydroxid
Kupferoctanoat
Kupferoxychlorid
Lösungsmittelnaphtha (Erdöl), leichte aromatische
Mandipropamid
Mefentrifluconazol
Mepanipyrim
Mepiquatchlorid
Metalaxyl-M
Metconazole
Methenamin; Hexamethylenetetramin
Metrafenone
N,N-Dimethyloctanamide
N,N-dimethyldecanamide
Naphtalin
Naphtha (Erdoel), schwere Alkylat- [Enthält weniger als 0.1 % Benzol]
Naphthalenesulfonic acid, methyl-, polymer with formaldehyde, sodium salt
Natriumdiisopropylnaphtalinsulfonat
Natriumhydroxid
Oleum foeniculi
Orangenöl
Oxathiapiprolin
Paclobutrazol
Penconazole
Pentanol, verzweigt und linear
Penthiopyrad
Phlebia gigantea
Pin-2(3)-en
Propamocarb
Propamocarb-hydrochlorid
Propyllaktat
Proquinazid
Prothioconazole
Pseudomonas sp. Stamm DSMZ 13134
Pyraclostrobin
Pyrimethanil
Pyriofenon
Quarz
Saccharomyces cervisiae (inert fraction)
Schachtelhalmextrakt
Schwefel
Schwefelkalk (Calciumpolysulfid)
Solvent Naphtha
Solvent naphtha (petroleum), heavy arom.; Kerosine - unspecified
Spiroxamine
Tebuconazole
Tetranatriumpyrophosphat
Thiabendazole
Trifloxystrobin
Valifenalate
Zoxamid
alcohols, (c12-14), ethoxylated, monoethers with sulfuric acid, sodium salts
alcohols, c11-15-secondary, ethoxylated
linalyl alcohol
pentanoic acid, 5-(dimethylamino)-2-methyl-5-oxo-, methyl ester
poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl),alphaisotridecyl-omegahydroxy
polyoxyethylene trimethyldecyl alcohol

The following genus names were established as filtering criteria.

Code 
microorganism_genus_names <- c(
  "Bacillus",
  "Beauveria",
  "Metarhizium",
  "Xenorhabdus",
  "Phlebia",
  "Pseudomonas")
kable(data.frame("Genus names" = microorganism_genus_names, check.names = FALSE))
Genus names
Bacillus
Beauveria
Metarhizium
Xenorhabdus
Phlebia
Pseudomonas

This results in the following list of active ingredients.

Code 
microorganism_regexp <- paste(microorganism_genus_names, collapse = "|")
microorganism_ingredients <- srppp$substances |>
  filter(grepl(microorganism_regexp, substance_de)) |>
  select(pk, substance_de)
kable(microorganism_ingredients)
pk substance_de
FE5D35CF-4666-45ED-8DB0-2A706C16A915 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
DE9DB824-9848-4F67-863A-57A1CC8093E4 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Stamm MBI 600
38DDF6FB-43AF-4714-A033-253772A2C0F4 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum
158EE23A-D926-49BB-9E5F-D505695F4AC8 Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai
1B400D81-EDD0-44E3-BEA9-2FECE7BB084E Bacillus thuringiensis var. israeliensis
75729E67-9FE2-4211-B86E-5681BBC46822 Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki
3DD73DF0-9DAC-469C-9BFF-5CB56940E1A6 Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrionis
526B05DE-13B4-4842-8BEB-4C2292F99370 Beauveria bassiana
56999C96-EA8A-4A86-915C-E3BE21BB4291 Beauveria brongniartii
E5044E08-C281-4072-BB0D-1993562BFEA0 Metarhizium anisopliae
D7339D7B-B8B2-4723-B22C-39847F4C6ACE Phlebia gigantea
C9003121-80A4-458B-BC2E-777AEEAFE1FB Pseudomonas chlororaphis
BD01EED4-AB21-406A-AE79-0D95F726311B Pseudomonas sp. Stamm DSMZ 13134
694D1981-76EF-43D9-9DD4-900855086389 Xenorhabdus bovienii

The following products contain one of these active ingredients.

Code 
additional_products_containing_microorganisms <- srppp$products |>
  filter(!isSalePermission) |>
  left_join(srppp$ingredients, by = "pNbr", relationship = "many-to-many") |>
  filter(pk %in% microorganism_ingredients$pk) |>
  select(-pk) |>
  left_join(srppp$categories, by = "pNbr") |> 
  select(pNbr, wNbr, name, category_de) |>
  arrange(pNbr)
n_additional <- nrow(additional_products_containing_microorganisms)
kable(additional_products_containing_microorganisms)
pNbr wNbr name category_de
4594 4574 Beauveria-Schweizer Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
6415 5277 Traunem Insektizid
6415 5277 Traunem Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
6427 5386 Entonem Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
6861 5745 Solbac-Tabs Insektizid
6862 5744 Solbac Insektizid
7023 5925 Novodor 3 FC Insektizid
7088 5978 Nemaplus Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
7241 6081 Novodor 3 % FC Insektizid
7496 6449 Cerall Saatbeizmittel
7498 6486 Cedomon Saatbeizmittel
7650 6423 Metarhizium Schweizer Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
7766 6882 Agree WP Insektizid
7773 6472 FZB 24 flüssig Fungizid
7773 6472 FZB 24 flüssig Phytoregulator
7870 6552 Delfin Insektizid
8007 6888 XenTari WG Insektizid
8040 6777 Dipel DF Insektizid
8258 7151 Amylo-X Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8296 6835 Dipel DF Insektizid
8374 6912 Deposan Fungizid
8374 6912 Deposan Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)
8457 6929 Proradix Saatbeizmittel
8519 6966 XenTari WG Insektizid
8596 7253 Serenade ASO Fungizid
8596 7253 Serenade ASO Bakterizid
8926 7580 Wormox Insektizid
8926 7580 Wormox Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)
8946 7504 Taegro Fungizid
8946 7504 Taegro Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9019 7272 Bio Buxus Insektizid
9020 7273 Bio Raupen Stopp Insektizid
9049 7316 Naturalis-L Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9052 7324 Rotstop Fungizid
9052 7324 Rotstop Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9068 7638 Serifel Fungizid
9139 7574 Capirel Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
9173 7378 Beauveria-Maschinenring Insektizid
9173 7378 Beauveria-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9174 7379 Metarhizium-Maschinenring Insektizid
9174 7379 Metarhizium-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9384 7528 Beauveria FL-Maschinenring Insektizid
9384 7528 Beauveria FL-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9385 7529 Metarhizium FL-Maschinenring Insektizid
9385 7529 Metarhizium FL-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9389 7477 Melocont GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9390 7478 GranMet GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9481 7500 Lalguard M52 GR Insektizid
9481 7500 Lalguard M52 GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9698 7632 Metapro Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9699 7633 Beaupro Lebende Organismen (Pilze)

Summary

In summary, out of 1740 products, there are 23 in the microorganism categories as shown above, and 51 products in the insecticide and fungicide categories which contain an active substance that has a name that contains one of the microorganism genus names listed above.

Code 
products_containing_microorganisms <- rbind(
  products_in_microorganism_categories, 
  additional_products_containing_microorganisms) |>
  arrange(pNbr, category_de) |>
  unique()
n_unique <- length(unique(products_containing_microorganisms$pNbr))

The consolidated list of the 45 unique products identified in this way is shown below. Some of these products are listed twice, because they were identified via both ways.

Code 
kable(products_containing_microorganisms)
pNbr wNbr name category_de
4594 4574 Beauveria-Schweizer Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
6415 5277 Traunem Insektizid
6415 5277 Traunem Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
6427 5386 Entonem Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
6861 5745 Solbac-Tabs Insektizid
6862 5744 Solbac Insektizid
7023 5925 Novodor 3 FC Insektizid
7088 5978 Nemaplus Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
7241 6081 Novodor 3 % FC Insektizid
7496 6449 Cerall Saatbeizmittel
7498 6486 Cedomon Saatbeizmittel
7650 6423 Metarhizium Schweizer Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
7766 6882 Agree WP Insektizid
7773 6472 FZB 24 flüssig Fungizid
7773 6472 FZB 24 flüssig Phytoregulator
7870 6552 Delfin Insektizid
8007 6888 XenTari WG Insektizid
8025 6919 Botector Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8029 6881 BioAct WG Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
8040 6777 Dipel DF Insektizid
8119 6872 Prestop Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8258 7151 Amylo-X Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8296 6835 Dipel DF Insektizid
8309 6847 Lalstop K61 WP Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
8374 6912 Deposan Fungizid
8374 6912 Deposan Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)
8457 6929 Proradix Saatbeizmittel
8519 6966 XenTari WG Insektizid
8596 7253 Serenade ASO Bakterizid
8596 7253 Serenade ASO Fungizid
8926 7580 Wormox Insektizid
8926 7580 Wormox Lebende Organismen (Bakterien)
8946 7504 Taegro Fungizid
8946 7504 Taegro Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9014 7259 AQ 10 Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9019 7272 Bio Buxus Insektizid
9020 7273 Bio Raupen Stopp Insektizid
9049 7316 Naturalis-L Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9052 7324 Rotstop Fungizid
9052 7324 Rotstop Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9068 7638 Serifel Fungizid
9139 7574 Capirel Lebende Organismen (Nematoden)
9173 7378 Beauveria-Maschinenring Insektizid
9173 7378 Beauveria-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9174 7379 Metarhizium-Maschinenring Insektizid
9174 7379 Metarhizium-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9384 7528 Beauveria FL-Maschinenring Insektizid
9384 7528 Beauveria FL-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9385 7529 Metarhizium FL-Maschinenring Insektizid
9385 7529 Metarhizium FL-Maschinenring Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9389 7477 Melocont GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9390 7478 GranMet GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9479 7498 Lalstop Contans WG Lebende Organismen (gegen Pilze)
9481 7500 Lalguard M52 GR Insektizid
9481 7500 Lalguard M52 GR Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9698 7632 Metapro Lebende Organismen (Pilze)
9699 7633 Beaupro Lebende Organismen (Pilze)

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