Microbial contamination of sand from major beaches in Fortaleza, Ceará Satate, Brazil

dc.creatorVieira, Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes
dc.creatorRodrigues, Dália dos Prazers
dc.creatorMenezes, Everado A.
dc.creatorEvangelista, Norma Suely de Santana
dc.creatorReis, Eliane M. Falavina dos
dc.creatorBarreto, Leopoldo Melo
dc.creatorGonçalves, Flávia Araújo
dc.date2019-10-31T20:33:13Z
dc.date2019-10-31T20:33:13Z
dc.date2001
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:10:29Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:10:29Z
dc.identifierVIEIRA, Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes et al. Microbial contamination of sand from major reaches in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, São Paulo, v. 32, n. 2, p. 77-80, 2001.
dc.identifier1517-8382
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/36798
dc.identifier10.1590/S1517-83822001000200001
dc.identifier1678-4405
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8850431
dc.descriptionThe presence of faecal contamination and pathogenic microorganisms in samples of dry and wet sand collected from three major beaches in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil: (Praia do Mucuripe, Praia do Futuro and Praia do Caça e Pesca), during the period of May 1999 to January 2000 was evaluated. Praia do Caça e Pesca had the highest incidence of E. coli in dry sand (56%) followed by Praia do Mucuripe (28%) and Praia do Futuro (16%). In wet sand, results were 48%, 28% and 24% for Praia do Caça e Pesca, Praia do Futuro and Praia do Mucuripe, respectively. Only two samples from Praia do Futuro, one from dry sand and another one from wet sand, were positive for Salmonella. V. parahaemolyticus was isolated from four samples from Praia do Caça e Pesca (two from dry-sand samples and two from wet-sand), one from Praia do Futuro (wet sand), and three and four from Praia do Mucuripe (wet and dry sand, respectively). Yeasts belonged to the Candida genus. Dry-sand samples presented higher yeast contaminations level than wet-sand ones. Praia do Futuro had the highest level of yeast contamination (41%), followed by Praia do Caça e Pesca (33%) and Praia do Mucuripe (26%).
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidade de São Paulo. Departamento de Microbiologia
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectVibrio parahaemolyticus
dc.subjectSalmonella
dc.subjectContaminação por areia
dc.subjectColiformes fecais
dc.subjectLeveduras
dc.subjectSand contamination
dc.subjectYeasts
dc.subjectFaecal coliforms
dc.subjectVibrio parahaemolyticus
dc.subjectSalmonella
dc.titleMicrobial contamination of sand from major beaches in Fortaleza, Ceará Satate, Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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