Temporal dynamics of attached and free-living bacterial communities
Water samples were collected at two sites of nearshore Lake Superior and within the Duluht-Superior Harbor. Portion of water samples were used to collect sinking particles, and generate artificial aggregates as wellas aggregate-free water. The bacterial DNA was extracted from sinking particles, artificial aggregates, and aggregate-free water and sent out for 16S rRNA gene sequences. Sequencing results were used for making NMS ordination and obtaining taxonomic data at family level.