Criteria for Priority Organisms

Criteria for Choosing a Target Organism for Microarrays

Importance of Organism

Disease burden of organism; biomedical or biological importance; widespread relevance for rapid advancement of biomedical research

Source of DNA available

High quality genome sequence is publicly and freely available to the scientific community. Complete or near complete genomic sequencing information with annotation from the chosen microbe exists in the public domain. Availability of source of genomic DNA for construction of an array.

Research Community

Is the microarray reagent timely for the research community? Readiness of the research and research community for this reagent? Size of the research community that could potentially use the array. Community interest in having an array as a resource/reagent.

Availability of microarray by another publicly funded agency

Is NIAID or another publicly funded agency preparing and distributing an array to the research community at a reasonable cost?

Please submit your recommendations to