Cell concentrations, percent of host infected, and bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from laboratory experiments examining parasite-host metabolites in 2023

Laboratory experiments were carried out to characterize plankton infection dynamics and extracellular metabolites over an infection cycle in two parasite-host pairings. Data reported here are cell concentrations, percent of host infected, and bulk DOC concentrations measured daily over an infection cycle (four days) that coincides with collection of extracellular metabolites for analysis via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Separate experiments were performed for two strains of the parasite Amoebophrya sp. (4390 and 4401) that infected the same host dinoflagellate species, Scrippsiella acuminata. Metabolomics data collected from these experiments will be available on MetaboLights (MTBLS11219).