DNA Traces on the Shroud of Turin: Metagenomics of the 1978 Official Sample Collection
Gianni Barcaccia, Nicola Rambaldi Migliore, Giovanni Gabelli, Vincenzo Agostini, Fabio Palumbo, Elisabetta Moroni, Valeria Nicolini, Liangliang Gao, Grazia Mattutino, Andrew Porter, Paweł Palmowski, Noemi Procopio, Ugo Alessandro Perego, Massimo Iorizzo, Timothy F. Sharbel, , Alessandro Achilli
The paper analyzes DNA and metagenomic data from the 1978 Shroud of Turin samples, revealing human mtDNA lineages, microbial communities, and contaminants, while radiocarbon dating indicates repair events in the 16th and 17th centuries.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2026 · PreprintGenomics