GOM coastal waters (GOMCOAST): Illumina MiSeq sequenced 16S library of Microbial Community Response to Oil and Corexit

Mesocosm experiments were carried out to test the effect of oil and Corexit on microbial community composition and structure over time in coastal seawater. Filtered water samples were collected in triplicate every 12 hours in the Control, WAF, CEWAF, dilute CEWAF, and the WAF silicon tube treatment. DNA was extracted from filtered water samples and sequenced using barcoded primers specific for the V4 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene.