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Table 1 Provenance of herbarium specimens and archaeological remains

From: Mining ancient microbiomes using selective enrichment of damaged DNA molecules

ID

Country of origin

Age

Species

Referencea

KM177500

UK

171b

Solanum tuberosum

1

KM177497

UK

170b

Solanum tuberosum

1

BM000815937

UK

279b

Solanum lycopersicum

2

BH0000061459

USA

119b

Arabidopsis thaliana

3

OSU13900

USA

82b

Arabidopsis thaliana

4

NY1365364

USA

127b

Arabidopsis thaliana

5

NY1365375

USA

119b

Arabidopsis thaliana

5

CS5

USA

1852c

Zea mays

6

CS6

USA

Undated

Zea mays

6

CS20

USA

1881c

Zea mays

6

El Sidrón 1253

Spain

39,000c

Neanderthal

7

Vindija 33.17

Croatia

Undated

Neanderthal

8

Vindija 33.19

Croatia

Undated

Neanderthal

8

  1. a1Kew Royal Botanical Gardens; 2Natural History Museum, London; 3Cornell Bailey Hortorium; 4Ohio State University Herbarium; 5New York Botanical Garden; 6Turkey Pen Shelter, UTAH, USA; 7El Sidrón Cave, Spain; 8Vindija Cave, Croatia
  2. bCalculated from collection dates (in years)
  3. cB.P. (Before present years)