House Finch Ocular Microbiome 2019 v 2016

Ocular microbiome demultiplexed fastq files representing communities in house finches from 2016 and 2019 in experiments conducted at Virginia Tech. Samples collected are of previously unperturbed (with pathogens or antibiotics) communities. Sequencing was conducted on Illumina MiSeq. 2016 samples were collected and sequenced for: Thomason, C. A., N. Mullen, L. K. Belden, M. May, and D. M. Hawley. 2017. Resident microbiome disruption with antibiotics enhances virulence of a colonizing pathogen. Scientific Reports 7:1–8. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16393-32019 samples were collected and sequenced for: Weitzman, C. L., B. Rostama, C. A. Thomason, M. May, L. K. Belden, and D. M. Hawley. Experimental test of microbiome protection across pathogen doses reveals importance of resident microbiome composition. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 97: fiab141. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab141