| Primary publication: | Paver et al. 2019 "Microbial communities of the Laurentian[…]" | 
| Samples: | 364 | 
| NCBI BioProject: | PRJNA591360 | 
| Material type: | free-living communities from discrete depth samples | 
| Water bodies: | Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron | 
| Primers: | 515F-C + 806R, 515F-Y + 926R | 
| Sequencing target: | 16S V4-V5 | 
| Sequencing platform: | Illumina MiSeq | 
| Size fraction(s): | 0.22-1.6 µm |