# Illumina short read-based shotgun metagenomic data sets of simulated bacterial communities derived from fresh spinach and surface water

## TL;DR

This paper presents simulated Illumina short-read metagenomic datasets from bacterial communities in fresh spinach and surface water.

## Contribution

The novelty lies in generating in silico datasets with multidrug-resistant bacteria for metagenomic analysis.

## Key findings

- Datasets were generated at various sequencing depths using different Illumina platforms.
- The spinach community included multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Indiana.
- The water community contained multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

## Abstract

Paired-end short reads of Illumina HiSeq, MiSeq, and NovaSeq of simulated bacterial communities from fresh spinach and surface water were generated in silico at various sequencing depths. Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Indiana was included in the spinach community, while the water community contained multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.