gut metagenome Raw sequence reads. gut metagenome

Fibrobacter is a genus of cellulose-degrading bacteria that includes species demonstrated to be important for fiber digestion in the rumen of animals such as cattle. However, less is known regarding populations in the guts of non-ruminant herbivores. Samples of gastrointestinal contents and feces from diverse herbivores were collected and analyzed using both culture and culture-independent approaches to determine Fibrobacter presence, abundance, and phylogenetic diversity in these systems. These data were generated using Illumina sequencing of V4 16S rRNA amplicons in order to assess whether sequences generated from isolates were representative of the abundant populations in vivo, as well as to determine relationships with other bacterial taxa.