Dataset: An investigation of Symbiodiniaceae communities via ITS-2 rDNA amplicon sequencing in Acropora millepora corals from the Great Barrier Reef following exposure to stressors in October 2014

Symbiodiniaceae communities from Acropora millepora corals were investigated at three locations on the Great Barrier Reef between October 1st and 8th, 2014.  Samples from Davies Reef lagoon, Rib Reef, and Pandora Island were collected and snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -20℃ until further processing.  DNA was extracted using Wayne's Method (Wilson et al., 2002; Lundgren et al., 2013) from tissue slurry prepared following the method of Wright et al. (2019).

This dataset lists accessions and collection information for ITS-2 rDNA amplicon data from Acropora millepora corals following exposure to various stressors. Stressors included pCO2, heat, bacteria, all of these, or none of these (control).  ITS-2 rDNA Symbiodiniaceae community libraries were prepared and PE 300bp reads were generated using Illumina MiSeq platform. BioSamples and SRA accessions are available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under BioProject PRJNA596498 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/all/?term=PRJNA596498)