Microbiome dataset of bacterial and fungal communities in anthosphere of twelve different wild plants in South Korea

This dataset provides detailed profiles of bacterial and fungal communities associated with flowers (anthosphere) of 12 different plant species collected from remote and secluded locations characterized by a flourishing and diverse plant ecosystem. In total, 144 flower samples were collected from 12 different wild plants. Bacterial 16S rRNA and fungal ITS genes obtained using the Illumina Miseq approach were used to describe the anthosphere. Metadata and raw sequences obtained in this study are available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (BioProject ID: PRJNA983070). Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs) of bacteria and fungi were analyzed using the DADA2 pipeline. After quality filtering, trimming, and removing the chimeric sequences, 2076 bacterial and 2152 fungal ASVs were identified in the anthosphere. Burkholderiales and Enterobacterales in bacteria, and Pleosporales in fungi were the predominant groups in the anthosphere regardless of the plant species. Among the twelve different plant species, Forsythia koreana exhibited the highest abundance of both bacterial and fungal groups. This dataset represents a detailed exploration of the anthosphere in the most abundant and commonly observed plant species in South Korea, and provides new insights into the microbial communities and interactions of the anthosphere.