“…DNA arrays have two main uses in microbiology: Detection of known pathogens, and assessment of diversity 113) . In general, a PCR amplification step using specific primer sets is used to generated labeled DNA 9,11,27,58,79,95,96,100,105,136,156,173,182) . This requirement of predesigned oligomers for amplification and hybridization opens the possibility that many unknown organisms remain undetected (especially viruses which have no universal homologous gene).…”