| Primary publication: | Winters et al. 2014 "Molecular characterization of[…]" | 
| Samples: | 12 | 
| NCBI BioProject: | PRJNA198517 | 
| Material type: | sediment communities from varying depths | 
| Water bodies: | Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan | 
| Primers: | 357F + 926R | 
| Sequencing target: | 16S V3-V5 | 
| Sequencing platform: | Roche 454 GS Junior System (pyrosequencing?) | 
| Size fraction(s): | >0.22 µm |