Table 1. Pathogens used as a source of nucleic acids for microarray validation.
| Pathogen | Strain | Form | Source1 |
| Cryptosporidium parvum | TU502 | Nucleic acid | NRL |
| Bacillus anthracis | Ames | Nucleic acid | AFIP |
| Bacillus cereus | ATCC 14579 | Live cells | ATCC |
| Bartonella quintana | ATCC 51694 | Live cells | ATCC |
| Campylobacter jejuni | ATCC 700819D-5 | Live cells | ATCC |
| Clostridium perfringens | ATCC 13124 | Live cells | ATCC |
| Clostridium tetani | ATCC 9441 | Live cells | ATCC |
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 | ATCC 43985 (CDC EDL933) | Nucleic acid | ATCC |
| Francisella tularensis | SHU4 | Nucleic acid | AFIP |
| Leptospira interrogans | ATCC 23478 | Live cells | ATCC |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | ATCC 25177 | Attenuated cells | ATCC |
| Salmonella enterica | ATCC 19430 | Live cells | ATCC |
| Vibrio cholerae | ATCC 513940 | Nucleic acid | ATCC |
| Yersinia pestis | D27 | Nucleic acid | AFIP |
| Dengue type 2 | ATCC VR-345 | Live virus | ATCC |
| Dengue type 3 | ATCC VR-1256 | Live virus | ATCC |
| Dengue type 4 | ATCC VR-1257 | Live virus | ATCC |
| Human herpesvirus 1 | ATCC VR-1493 | Live virus | ATCC |
| Human herpesvirus 2 | ATCC VR-734 | Live virus | ATCC |
| Influenza A virus (H5N1) | CDC influenza A/H5N1 | Live virus | CDC |
1
NRL = Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC; ATCC = American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA; AFIP = Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC.; CDC = Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.