NCBI Metagenomic metadata for Lau Basin (Tonga) mollusc gill tissue collected on R/V Thompson cruises TN235 and TN401 and R/V Falkor cruise FK160407 between May 2009 and Apr 2022

Metagenomic sequence data from Lau Basin hydrothermal vent mollusc gill tissues that contain chemosynthetic bacterial symbionts. Samples were collected between May 2009 to April 2022 using the ROV Jason aboard R/V Thompson cruises TN235 (May-June 2009) and TN401 (April 2016) and R/V Falkor cruise FK160407 (April 2022) for population and comparative genomics analysis of host animal and bacterial symbionts.