Résumé
Acropora is one of the most common coral genera found in Phu Quoc Islands, Vietnam. However, the presence of ma- rine snails, such as the coralllivorous gastropod Drupella ru- gosa, was a potential threat to the survival of many sclerac- tinian species, leading to changes in the health status and bacterial diversity of coral reefs in Phu Quoc Islands. Here, we describe the composition of bacterial communities asso- ciated with two species of Acropora ( Acropora formosa and Acropora millepora ) using the Illumina sequencing technol- ogy. This dataset includes 5 coral samples of each status (grazed or healthy), which were collected in Phu Quoc Is- lands (9 °55 20.6 N 104 °01 16.4 E) in May 2020. A total of 19 phyla, 34 classes, 98 orders, 216 families and 364 bacterial genera were detected from 10 coral samples. Overall, Pro- teobacteria and Firmicutes were the two most common bac- terial phyla in all samples. Significant differences in the rela- tive abundances of the genera Fusibacter, Halarcobacter, Mala- ciobacter, and Thalassotalea between grazed and healthy sta- tus were observed. However, there was no differences in al- pha diversity indices between the two status. Furthermore, the dataset analysis also indicated that Vibrio and Fusibac- ter were core genera in the grazed samples, whereas Pseu- domonas was the core genus in the healthy samples.