Formica exsecta comparison of the bacterial and fungal microbiomes of nest material and the ants

Four files, two each for bacteria and fungi, one of which contains data for ant samples alone, and one data from ants and their corresponding nest material All files provide rarefied reads for prokaryotes or fungi, respectively, identified in the Ant&Nest and Ant Data. The taxonomic (nomenclature) and systematic position of the bacterial samples were determined based on LPSN (List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature) https://lpsn.dsmz.de/, and those of the fungal samples were based on MycoBank (https://www.mycobank.org/ (both accessed 19.12 2021). The taxonomical and systematic assignment should be considered tentative, as these are in many cases likely to change when new data become available, and phylogenetic relationships are resolved or updated. Candidate bacterial phyla, which have not been validly published according to the list are indicated with apostrophes (""). Taxa indicated in boldface in the Ant&Nest data were absent in the Ant data, and vice versa. In the Ant&Nest data low counts of eukaryotes (Streptophyta, Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta), and Cyanobacteria were found in addition to bacteria. In the Ant data eukaryotic plant material (Streptophyta) was found in modest counts in a few samples, and green algae (Bacillariophyta) in very low counts. These are not included in the files.