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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2026

Proliferation of enterococci in sargassum can contribute towards sand and water quality impairment.

Afeefa A Abdool-Ghany, Kevin Huang, Matthew Roca, Eric Saba, Jiayu Li, Helena M Solo-Gabriele

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Afeefa A Abdool-GhanyDepartment of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, 1251 Memorial Drive, Room 508, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA. aaa625@miami.edu.
Kevin HuangDepartment of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, 1251 Memorial Drive, Room 508, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA.
Matthew RocaDepartment of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, 1251 Memorial Drive, Room 508, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA.
Eric SabaDepartment of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, 1251 Memorial Drive, Room 508, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA.
Jiayu LiDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Helena M Solo-GabrieleDepartment of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, 1251 Memorial Drive, Room 508, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA. hmsolo@miami.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3390-3823

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Abstract

The fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), enterococci, are used to evaluate the safety of beach waters and beach sands. The increasing quantities of the holopelagic macroalgae Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans (referring to herein as "sargassum") along beaches that face the tropical Atlantic Ocean have motivated field observational studies suggesting that the levels of enterococci at beaches are influenced by the presence of stranded sargassum at beaches. The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether enterococci multiply in sargassum and to evaluate the impact of sargassum on enterococci levels within underlying sand and rainwater leachates. Results show considerable regrowth of enterococci in sargassum under natural rainfall and sunlight conditions. Levels of enterococci in sargassum were initially at 2.3log

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EnterococcusEnvironmental MonitoringSandSargassumWater MicrobiologyWater QualityBathing BeachesRainSandBeachLeachatesMesocosmRainfallSeaweedWrack

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