MALT Sequence Statistics for Medieval Bone Microbiome and Bioerosion Study

MALT Sequence statistics from a study correlating microscopic bone preservation with metagenomic analyses. The dataset likely contains results from human bone samples collected from medieval cemeteries in south-western Norway. It was authored by Damla Kaptan and last updated on 2026-05-27.

Use Cases

• Correlating microbiome composition with bone preservation state based on described histological analysis.
• Investigating the prevalence of the genus Streptomyces in degraded bone samples as mentioned in the description.
• Comparing fungal and bacterial taxa detection between metagenomic and histological methods as discussed in the study.
• Analyzing the association between burial environment (e.g., church floors vs. outdoor cemeteries) and microbial diversity.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Study design combines microscopic histotaphonomy with metagenomic analyses on a described large set of samples.
• File is provided in a widely accessible XLSX format.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 16.9 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Damla Kaptan.

Collection Method

Metagenomic analysis of human bone samples from medieval cemeteries.

Freshness

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

Geography

South-western Norway.