Microaggregate microbial community metagenome, LTMOSE, a Long Term Marine Oil Snow Mesocosm Experiment, sequence data

Mesocosm experiments were carried out to test the effect of oil and Corexit on microbial communities over time. Three mesocosm treatments were prepared for this study: (1) Control (seawater only); (2) Water accommodated fraction (WAF; oil + seawater); and (3) Diluted chemically enhanced WAF of crude oil (DCEWAF; 1:10 dilution). Water was collected from each mesocosm and filtered (47mm, 0.2um PES membranes). Total DNA was extracted from filtered water samples and shotgun sequenced using Illumina HiSeq 2500.