ABSTRACT
Natural products are a boundless source for important novel compounds having antagonistic activity against pathogenic organisms. The marine environment covers almost 70% of the earth surface (Valli et al., 2012). Organisms present in these environments are extremely rich sources of bioactive compounds (Solanki et al., 2008; Hong et al., 2009). The ocean remains an unexploited source for many drugs and pharmacologically active substances (Sivasubramanian et al., 2011). Actinobacteria are gram-positive, lamentous bacteria that are supreme secondary metabolite producers (Olano et al., 2009). Among the members of the Actinomycetes genus, Streptomyces sp. are a dynamic producer of functional, bioeffective metabolites with a broad pharmaceutical range having antimicrobial, antihelminthic, antitumor, and antiviral properties (Ravikumar et al., 2011; Reddy et al., 2011).
