title: 18S rRNA Seqences  of herbaceous root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal  community in mining area located in the coal-rich emalahleni highveld, South Africa
design: Total genomic DNA was extracted from herbaceous  roots. Amplification of the 18S rRNA regions was performed using a PCR approach specifically designed for Illumina instruments. The PCR reaction was purified and barcoded amplicons were pooled in equimolar concentration for sequencing on the illumina Miseq platform.