Replication data for: "Microbial communities in paddy soils: differences in abundance and functionality between rhizosphere and pore water, the influence of different soil organic carbon, sulfate fertilization and cultivation time, and contribution to arsenic mobility and speciation"

Bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene Illumina sequences from rhizosphere soil and pore water of rice mesocosms cultivated under continuous flooding with two different Italian paddy soil, with or without sulfate fertilization.