KrakenUniq Abundance Matrix for Medieval Bone Microbiome Analysis

A KrakenUniq abundance matrix from a study of human bone samples from medieval cemeteries in south-western Norway. The dataset correlates microscopic bone preservation levels with metagenomic analyses and environmental factors. It was authored by Damla Kaptan and last updated on 2026-05-27.

Use Cases

• Correlating microbiome composition with bone preservation state based on histological analysis.
• Investigating the role of the Streptomyces genus in bone bioerosion based on prevalence data.
• Comparing fungal detection in metagenomic data against histological evidence of fungal structures.
• Analyzing the impact of burial environment (e.g., church floors vs. outdoor cemeteries) on bone microbiome diversity.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a large set of human bone samples from medieval cemeteries.
• Combines detailed microscopic (histotaphonomic) analysis with metagenomic data.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Dataset is small in size (17.7 KB), indicating limited scope.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Metagenomic analysis of human bone samples.

Time Range

Medieval period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 17:40:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South-western Norway.