title: Spatial and temporal variation in enterococcal abundance and its relationship to the microbial community in Hawaii beach sand and water.
abstract: Recent studies have reported high levels of fecal indicator enterococci in marine beach sand. This study aimed to determine the spatial and temporal variation of enterococcal abundance and to evaluate its relationships with microbial community parameters in Hawaii beach sand and water. Sampling at 23 beaches on the Island of Oahu detected higher levels of enterococci in beach foreshore sand than in beach water on a mass unit basis. Subsequent 8-week consecutive samplings at two selected beaches (Waialae and Kualoa) consistently detected significantly higher levels of enterococci in backshore sand than in foreshore/nearshore sand and beach water. Comparison between the abundance of enterococci and the microbial communities showed that enterococci correlated significantly with total Vibrio in all beach zones but less significantly with total bacterial density and Escherichia coli. Samples from the different zones of Waialae beach were sequenced by 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing to determine the microbial community structure and diversity. The backshore sand had a significantly more diverse community and contained different major bacterial populations than the other beach zones, which corresponded to the spatial distribution pattern of enterococcal abundance. Taken together, multiple lines of evidence support the possibility of enterococci as autochthonous members of the microbial community in Hawaii beach sand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors.forename: Henglin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Eulyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pagaling
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001483:Base Sequence; D001493:Bathing Beaches; D058448:Biota; D019295:Computational Biology; D003710:Demography; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000502:physiology*; D006254:Hawaii; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
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