Incubation temperature and faecal streptococci recovery from marine sediments.

A comparative work was carried out on two different incubation temperatures that may be used for faecal streptococci recovery. Analyses were made on sediments samples collected in the bay of Naples in a larger survey of environmental pollution detection. Results showed a selective effect of 44 degrees C temperature on the isolation of the Streptococcus faecalis, Streptococcus faecium and Streptococcus durans species that may be considered properly faecal streptococci.