Dataset of 16S ribosomal DNA sequence-based identification of endophytic bacteria isolated from healthy and diseased Sabah red algae, Kappaphycus alvarezii

Vernon Vest Mangun; Rajeena Sugumaran; Wilson Thau Lym Yong; Nur Athirah Yusof

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109785

Dataset of 16S ribosomal DNA sequence-based identification of endophytic bacteria isolated from healthy and diseased Sabah red algae, Kappaphycus alvarezii

Data Brief. 2023 Nov 7:51:109785. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109785. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Vernon Vest Mangun¹, Rajeena Sugumaran¹, Wilson Thau Lym Yong¹, Nur Athirah Yusof¹

Affiliation

¹ Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88400, Malaysia.

Abstract

Bacterial endophytes play a vital role in the growth and fitness of host plants from infection by phytopathogens. To our knowledge, however, little information is available on the endophytic bacterial composition in healthy and diseased Kappahycus alvarezii, one of the most important major sources of carrageenan industries, especially in Sabah. The main idea was to analyze and compare the composition of endophytic bacterial communities in healthy and diseased K. alvarezii isolated from Sabah, Malaysia. The data reveals the composition of endophytic bacterial microbiomes in healthy and diseased K. alvarezii isolated from Sabah. The isolated endophytes were identified using 16S rDNA sequencing. Taxonomic identification and phylogenetic tree analysis were done using the online BLAST (blastn) and MEGA11 software, respectively. The data presents the diversity of bacterial endosphere microbiomes found in healthy K. alvarezii which are composed of Bacillus, Cytobacillus and Priestia whereas Vibrio and Micrococcus occurred exclusively in the diseased K. alvarezii. Microbial comparative analysis between the healthy and diseased seaweed points to the potential of several Bacillus strains that may have biocontrol potential against Vibrio infection in seaweed such as the ice-ice disease. Raw data files are available at the GenBank, NCBI database under the accession number MZ570560 to MZ570580.

Keywords: 16S rDNA; Climate change; Endophytic bacteria; Kappaphycus alvarezii; Macroalgae; Sabah seaweed; Seaweed disease.