Soil, water, and plant roots and rhizosphere from constructed wetland treatment system mesocosm experiments Raw sequence reads

Naphthenic acids (NAs) are a complex mixture of organic compounds released during bitumen extraction from mined oil sands that are the main contaminants of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). The ability of microorganisms to degrade NAs can be exploited for bioremediation of OSPW in constructed wetland treatment systems (CWTS). An in-depth understanding of how biological processes in these systems operate is needed to enhance treatment efficacy. Here, we used metabarcoding to characterize microbial communities in soil and water as well as rhizosphere and roots of Scirpus microcarpus and Triglochin maritima from a greenhouse CWTS mesocosm experiment.