Bacterial and archaeal communities in marsh soil associated with Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, Juncus roemerianus, and Distichlis spicata in Bay Sansbois and Bay Batiste, Louisiana, 2013-2016

This dataset contains an inventory of bacteria and archaea classified sequence libraries for marsh soil samples collected from Bay Sansbois and Bay Batiste, Louisiana. These taxonomic summaries are based on classification of sequences from the V4 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene and are reported in the context of associated standing vegetation. Data represent samples from two collection strategies: 1) inland soil cores collected 5 m from the marsh edge at two long term study sites, sampled biannually from 2010-2016, and 2) marsh soil from plots that represent four types of dominant marsh vegetation, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, Juncus roemerianus, and Distichlis spicata, collected in 2015 and 2016. Supplemental field data are available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifiers (UDIs): R4.x264.198:0001 (DOI: 10.7266/N7HM56JT), R4.x264.198:0004 (DOI: 10.7266/N7FB5197), R4.x264.000:0063 (DOI: 10.7266/N7NG4P4Q) and R4.x264.000:0064 (DOI: 10.7266/N7HQ3XD0). Additional classified 16S rRNA sequence libraries for the V1-V3 hypervariable regions are available separately under UDI R6.x808.000.0049 (DOI: 10.7266/n7-bzrv-0n54).