marine sediment metagenome Raw sequence reads. marine sediment metagenome

Soil microorganisms play a significant role in maintaining ecosystem functions and mediating biogeochemical cycles. As one of the most important ecosystems in the intertidal zone, mangrove ecosystem is highly productive and carbon rich. Mangrove ecosystem is vulnerable to exotic plant Spartina alterniflora which has vastly expanded in Zhangjiang River Estuary over the past decades. However, little is known about the soil microbial community alpha diversity and composition in response to S. alterniflora invasion in mangrove wetland.