16S rRNA Gene Diversity of Bacterial Endophytes in Parasitic Cuscuta campestris and Its Helianthus annuus Host.

Here, we report the results of 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of bacterial endophytes from parasitized and unparasitized samples of the common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and samples of its associated plant parasite field dodder (Cuscuta campestris), collected from one location in Fresno County, California (August 2017).