SRX9975825 120319_BThalinger SRP303836 bp0 Qiagen DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit was used to extract DNA from green crab gut contents. The ITS gene region was the amplified from DNA extracts using fusion primers and two separate PCRs; sequencing was carried out with a 600 cycle Illumina MiSeq Reagent Kit v3 (2 300) and 5% PhiX spike in. SRS8147949 A_chloropterus_feces_MiSeq_BT 120319_BThalinger AMPLICON METAGENOMIC PCR Illumina MiSeq