Sea turtle nest sand ITS mycobiota Malaysia

This dataset is part of a study now published in Hoh et al. (2020) at doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100964. This dataset contains only ITS amplicon data; I6S amplicon data is published separately. The DNA sequence data can be found in ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject?LinkName=biosample_bioproject&from_uid=12650761 Paper abstract: Hatchery practices are pivotal to conservation success.

In sea turtle hatcheries, reusing sand is a norm, but it remains unclear whether such an approach increases the risk of Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) infection and mortality in sea turtle eggs. We employed 16S and ITS amplicon sequencing in sands and isolated Fusarium strains from diseased eggs across seven turtle hatcheries and their neighbouring beaches in Malaysia. FSSC was isolated from all sampled hatcheries, and Fusarium falciforme was the predominant species (82.9%).