Kauaʻi record · KCA-MICRO-000022
Enterococcus indicator bacteria
Enterococcus spp.
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Kauaʻi evidence
Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Enterococcus spp.
- Common names
- Enterococcus indicator bacteria
- Record type
- community_or_group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented in Kauaʻi water-quality advisory context
- Origin
- Native/introduced status varies by strain
- Conservation status
- Moderate / contextual
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coastal water, stream-mouth, runoff and sewage/fecal indicator context
- Ecological role
- bacterium / Gram-positive cocci with Kauaʻi-relevant ecological, disease, food-web, or biosecurity pathway.
- Food and resource needs
- Coastal water, stream-mouth, runoff and sewage/fecal indicator context
- Reproduction
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Shelter
- Coastal water, stream-mouth, runoff and sewage/fecal indicator context
- Substrate
- Coastal water, stream-mouth, runoff and sewage/fecal indicator context
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Beach and stream water-quality warning indicator
- Conservation actions
- Moderate / contextual
- Monitoring
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
- Data gaps
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Seasonal description
- Enterococcus indicator bacteria is included because it is relevant to Kauaʻi conservation, agriculture, freshwater/reef function, disease ecology, biosecurity, or public environmental health.
Sources and further reading
- https://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/beach-monitoring-program/;https://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/water-quality/water-quality-notifications/;https://dev-dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/from-the-hawaii-department-of-health-qa-on-brown-water-advisories-beach-safety-and-water-sampling-during-the-kauai-flood-response/
- Hawaiʻi DOH Beach Monitoring Program
- Hawaiʻi DOH Waiopili Stream bacteria notification
- Kauaʻi flood-response water sampling Q&A