Microbial community sequencing of biofilms in urban freshwater mesocosms exposed to macroplastics
This BioProject contains 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data from a mesocosom experiment investigating microbial biofilms on macroplastic substrates. Mesocosms simulated urban freshwater ecosystems exposed to different plastic objects under controlled conditions.Biofilm samples were collected from plastic surfaces at two-week intervals over a 12-week experiment. DNA was extracted from plastic-associated biofilm and sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq platform (paired-end of 250 bp). The dataset supports analysis of plastisphere community composition and biofilm succession in freshwater environments. Metadata include substrate type (treatment) and sampling time point.