Bacterial and archaeal communities from marsh soil associated with Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, Juncus roemerianus, and Distichlis spicata in Bay Sansbois and Bay Batiste, Louisiana, 2015-2016

This dataset contains an inventory of bacteria and archaea classified sequence libraries for marsh soil samples collected from Bay Sansbois and Bay Batiste, Louisiana. These taxonomic summaries are based on classification of sequences from the V1-V3 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene using domain-specific primers. Replicate soil cores were collected from plots of Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, Juncus roemerianus, and Distichlis spicata. Samples were collected in October 2015, May 2016 and October 2016, in conjunction with the Coastal Waters Consortium’s broader studies of (1) marsh food web dynamics and (2) marsh processes and health in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Additional classified 16S rRNA sequence libraries for the V4 hypervariable region are available separately under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifier (UDI) R6.x808.000.0048 (DOI: 10.7266/n7-dt8z-jb50).