title: Metagenomic analyses decipher the unknown geographical shift and the storage history of possibly smuggled antique marble statues
organism: surface metagenome
description: In this study, three possibly smuggled marble statues of an unknown origin, two human torsos - one female and one male - and a small young girl head, were subjected to molecular analyses in order to infer the origin and the possible relationship among the three statues. A genetic strategy comprising metagenomics analyses of the 16S rDNA of prokaryotes, 18S rDNA of Eukaryotes as well as ITS regions of fungi, was performed by using the Ion Torrent sequencing platform. The data were used to infer the storage history and the geographical shift of the samples, as well as to consider a possible relationship among them.
attributes.tag: isolation_source
attributes.value: stone statue
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2017
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Austria:Vienna
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 48.16 N 16.31 E
attributes.tag: source_material_id
attributes.value: stone
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Metagenome or environmental