Illumina sequence data: cold-water coral microbiome and environmental microbial communities
Genomic DNA samples were isolated from seawater samples using a Qiagen Kit. DNA samples were sent to Novogene, Cambridge, UK for microbial amplicon-based metagenomics sequencing. The 341F and 806 R primers with barcodes were used to amplify the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene and subsequently sequenced using the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 SP with paired ends (2x250 bp) strategy.