Metadata field: environment_feature

Studies:

Scope: all

Required.

Type: string

Example values:

  • intestine environment [ENVO:2100002]
  • mouth environment [ENVO:08000002]
  • skin environment [ENVO:2100003]
  • vagina [UBERON:0000996]
  • puddle of water [ENVO:01000871]
  • lake [ENVO:00000020]
  • ocean trench [ENVO:00000275]
  • mid-ocean ridge [ENVO:00000406]
  • harbor [ENVO:00000463]

Description: EnvO (or UBERON in case the term is not present in EnvO) term describing the environment from which the sample is coming. Compared to biome, feature is a descriptor of the more local environment. The standard entry for the gut microbiome is intestine environment [ENVO:2100002].

Value Count
intestine environment [ENVO:2100002] 8224
rectum [UBERON:0001052] 696
rumen [UBERON:0007365] 645
caecum [UBERON:0001153] 132
hydrothermal vent [ENVO:00000215] 126
coral reef [ENVO:00000150] 99
marine coral reef biome [ENVO:01000049] 72
omasum [UBERON:0007362] 69
colon [UBERON:0001155] 67
marine sub-littoral zone [ENVO:01000126] 67
ruminant reticulum [UBERON:0007361] 65
hindgut [UBERON:0001046] 64
jejunum [UBERON:0002115] 61
oyster food product [FOODON:00001292] 60
abomasum [UBERON:0007358] 59
feedlot [ENVO:01000627] 48
marine coral reef buttress zone [ENVO:01000148] 43
tail [UBERON:0002415] 40
marine sponge reef [ENVO:01000161] 38
cecum mucosa [UBERON:0000314] 37
duodenum [UBERON:0002114] 37
ileum [UBERON:0002116] 37
skin environment [ENVO:2100003] 33
organic material [ENVO:01000155] 32
crop [UBERON:0007356] 30
digestive tract [UBERON:0001555] 30
environment associated with an animal part or small animal [ENVO:01001055] 24
Bathymodiolus gill tissue material [ENVO:01001393] 23
cerebrospinal fluid [UBERON:0001359] 20
Bathymodiolus-dominated oceanic mussel reef [ENVO:01001385] 19
ant (insect) [FOODON:03412495] 18
dental plaque [UBERON:0016482] 18
ocean [ENVO:00000015] 18
abattoir [ENVO:01000925] 16
larval stage [UBERON:0000069] 16
animal-associated environment [ENVO:01001002] 15
cow shed [ENVO:00003041] 15
mangrove island [ENVO:00000103] 15
sea grass bed [ENVO:01000059] 11
heel skin [UBERON:0015873] 10
insect [FOODON:03411220] 10
bay [ENVO:00000032] 8
foregut [UBERON:0001041] 8
truck [ENVO:01000602] 8
nasal cavity [UBERON:0001707] 6
brain [UBERON:0000955] 4
skeleton [UBERON:0004288] 2