Aquatic GAMUT Eukaryote Metagenomics

This dataset contains a .biom file of OTU (operational taxonomic units) classifications for eukaryotes at iUTAH GAMUT sites in three watersheds in May of 2015. Briefly, water column samples were filtered on 0.2 um membrane filters, which were dissolved and processed with MOBIO Power Soil DNA extraction kits. We sequenced 18S region amplicons using Illumina Hi-Seq and then a modified MOTHUR protocol (Silva v. 132 reference file, command codes in mothureukaryotes.txt) to generate OTU classifications. Sample metadata (including site information and sample chemistry from grab samples or sensor data) is in design.csv.