| Primary publication: | Smith et al. 2021 "Individual Microcystis colonies harbour[…]" | 
| Samples: | 282 | 
| NCBI BioProject: | PRJNA645738 , PRJNA646259 | 
| Material type: | whole water communities, colonies captured by net | 
| Water bodies: | Lake Erie | 
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| Sequencing target: | 16S V4 | 
| Sequencing platform: | Illumina MiSeq | 
| Size fraction(s): | >100µm bulk retentate; Microcystis collected on >53µm net, <300µm & >105µm; non-Microcystis communities collected >0.22µm or <105µm prefilter & >0.22µm |