Intestinal metagenomes of Scophthalmus maximus from control and VHSV-infected individuals  at 10 dpi (asymptomatic and moribund fish)
This submission contains intestinal metagenomes from juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) subjected to viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) infection. The dataset includes samples from uninfected controls, as well as asymptomatic and moribund VHSV-infected individuals at 10 days post-infection. Metagenomic profiling was used to characterize changes in the intestinal microbiota associated with infection severity. VHSV exposure led to widespread, severity-dependent shifts in microbial community composition, while a subset of bacterial genera exhibited opposite trends between asymptomatic and moribund fish, suggesting potential roles in resistance. These data provide insight into host-microbiota dynamics during viral infection in a susceptible aquaculture species.