Zarkasi Kamarul Zaman, Halim Mardani Abdul, Nazari Teh Faridah, Daud Feizal
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Data Brief. 2018 May 23;19:514-519. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.05.052. eCollection 2018 Aug.
This article contains data on the bacterial communities and its diversity associated with . The samples were obtained from two major estuaries in Penang, Malaysia using a culture dependent and 16S rRNA Illumina sequencing approaches. , a commercial blood cockles and popular seafoods, is fragile to the surrounding environments. Thus, our research focused to better understand the bacterial communities and it diversity in the , as well as on the generation of a metagenomic library from to further understanding on it diversity. The bacteria Vibrionaceae (34.1%) was predominant in the from both environments followed by Enterobacteriaceae (33.3%) and Bacillaceae (16.75%). sp., sp., and were the most abundant species present. The data generated in this research is the first metagenomic examination of and will provide as a baseline to understand the bacterial communities associated with and its surrounding natural environments.
