Efficacy of Marine Bacteria against Pathogenic Bacteria

Abstract

HOceans cover about 71% of the Earth's surface, and seas and oceans provide a tremendous diversity of microbial organisms [18]. The seas and oceans are an important resource of biodiversity that goes well beyond terrestrial environments. It possesses a unique and large group of diverse natural products produced by marine microorganisms [8], [9]. This marine biodiversity is reflected through the chemical diversity and efficacy of organic extracts against bacterial pathogens [7] The rapid development of marine organisms chemistry over the past fifteen years has led to the discovery of a large number of chemical compounds, which have pharmacokinetic, medicinal and toxicological properties towards previously unknown pathogenic human bacteria [16] ,[20]