Metadata field: environment_material
Studies:
- JGI_darkmatter (1579 samples)
- Lee_2024_house_dust (879 samples)
- Gusareva_2019_air (783 samples)
- Panwar_2020_lake_Antarctica (654 samples)
- 374 other studies (22065 samples)
Scope: all
Required.
Type: string
Example values:
feces [ENVO:00002003]
saliva [ENVO:02000036]
dorsum of tongue [UBERON:0009471]
supragingival dental plaque [UBERON:0016485]
soil [ENVO:00001998]
sand [ENVO:01000017]
water [ENVO:00002006]
sea water [ENVO:00002149]
meltwater [ENVO:01000722]
rainwater [ENVO:01000600]
pond water [ENVO:00002228]
Description: EnvO (or UBERON in case the term is not present in EnvO) term describing sample material.
ENA description: The environmental material level refers to the material that was displaced by the sample, or material in which a sample was embedded, prior to the sampling event. Environmental material terms are generally mass nouns. Examples include: air, soil, or water.