16S-Metagenomic data profiling of the bacterial community in ready-to-eat vegetable salads sold in Kampala, Uganda
Abubaker Kawooya,
Eilu Emmanuel,
Jesca Nakavuma,
Sunil Kumar,
Hussein Mukasa Kafeero,
Ddembe Bashir Mwambi,
Rasheed Omotayo Adeyemo,
Ismail Abiola Adebayo,
Saheed Adekunle Akinola
Affiliations
Abubaker Kawooya
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kampala International University-Western Campus, Bushenyi, Uganda
Eilu Emmanuel
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kampala International University-Western Campus, Bushenyi, Uganda
Jesca Nakavuma
College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
Sunil Kumar
Department of Microbiology Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Clement Town, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Hussein Mukasa Kafeero
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Habib Medical School, Islamic University in Uganda, P.O BOX 2555, Mbale, Uganda
Ddembe Bashir Mwambi
Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Clarke International University, Kampala, Uganda
Rasheed Omotayo Adeyemo
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
Ismail Abiola Adebayo
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
Saheed Adekunle Akinola
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda; Corresponding author.
This article presents a dataset on bacterial community structure associated with Ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetable salads sold in Kampala City, Uganda. The Illumina Miseq sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicon unveiled the bacterial communities and generated a metagenomic library from RTE vegetable salads to understand the diversities and distribution. The metagenome contained a total of 23,805 sequences with 35,420 Taxonomic units (OTUs). Metagenome sequence information is obtainable at NCBI under the Bioproject assigned accession number PRJNA1064313. Taxonomic hits distribution from VSEARCH analysis at phylum level classification of NN-3 discovered predominantly Proteobacteria (65.34%) followed by Firmicutes (31.60%) and Bacteroidota (0.14%). Deinococcota (0.01%) and Planctomycetota (0.01%) were also detected. Also, VSEARCH-assisted analysis of NN-4 detected a higher prevalence of Firmicutes (65.68%) than Proteobacteria (33.25%), while Bacteroidota (0.04%) indicating the presence of contaminants of faecal sources.
