title: [Microbiological quality of seaside sands: a beach in Latium].
abstract: This study is focused on the microbiological quality of a sandy beach in the coastal area around Rome, Italy. The microbiological surveys were carried out on the sands collected both on the beach and on the waterline. A low-concentration of faecal bacteria (streptococci outnumbered Escherichia coli) and a constant rate of staphylococci were detected over the sampling period. Significant statistical correlations were calculated between yeasts and moulds, Escherichia coli and streptococci, streptococci and sulfite-reducing clostridium spores. This survey's data could be a baseline for future studies.
authors.affiliation: Lab di Igiene Ambientale, Ist Superiore di Sanità, Roma. lucybond@iss.it
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonadonna
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Briancesco
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Di Girolamo