Resumen de Estudio bacteriológico de bivalvos del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. I. Condición del molusco recién recolectado

Bernal Fernández, Tillmann Brunker

• español

  Durante los primeros seis meses de 1970 recolectamos 16 lotes del bivalvo Anadara tuberculosa procedentes de dos áreas del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. Se les examinó bacteriológicamente, encontrando niveles de coliformes tales que obligan a calificar a estos lotes como no satisfactorios para el consumo humano, de acuerdo con normas generalmente aceptadas. El origen de dichos coliformes se imputa a la descarga de las aguas negras de la Ciudad de Puntarenas a su estero.

• English

  During the first six months of 1970 we collected 16 lots of the bivalve Anadara tuberculosa from two areas within the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. These were examined bacteriologically and the coliform levels found in all of them were such that they had to be graded as not satisfactory for human consumption, according to generally accepted norms. The source of these coliforms is attributed to the sewage discharge of the city of Puntarenas into its estuary.