Bacterial microbiota sequences from a blue tit trophic network

Bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequence data (chloroplast-excluding primers 799f/1115r) and metadata for bacterial communities sampled from leaves from 1) leaves from two oak species (Quercus ilex and Quercus pubescens), 2) leaf-feeding caterpillars and 3) blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus oligastra) feces, in nine study sites in Corsica Island, France. Data collection procedures and information on barcode sequences are described in the manuscript "Microbiota similarity between predators and prey in a blue tit trophic network" by Dion-Phénix et al. (manuscript submitted at The ISME Journal). Multiple sets of files are included in this data archive: trophicLevel_microbiota_metadata.txt - a tab-delimited text file with host type identity, sequencing run information, and sampling location for each sample. The columns of the text file include a sample identifier (sample_names) which is identical to the first part of the corresponding file names; the sampling site (valley, forest_stand, population, site, and nest_box); the host type of the microbiota sample (host_type) which is ether adult, male, female, and chick for blue tit fecal samples, caterpillar, and leaf; the sample type(sample_type) which is ether experimental sample negative, or positive controls; and the sequencing run (run). sample-names_xx_.fastq.gz - raw sequence data in FASTQ format, produced by a sequencing run using Illumina MiSeq sequencing technology.