Isolation and Screening of Extracellular Enzymes Producing Actinobacteria Associated With Sea Weed

Abstract

The oceans represent a big store for beneficial algae. It is a real fact that the importance of marine organisms as a source of new substances is growing. With marine species comprising approximately a half of the total global biodiversity offering an enormous resource for novel compounds and it is classified as the largest remaining reservoir of natural molecules to be evaluated. The extra cellular enzyme producing actinobacteria were found in varying environment including soil, salt plans or sea water. This research was conducted to find extracellular enzyme producing actinobacteria associated with sea weedcollected from Veraval coastal area of Saurashtra region Gujarat, India. The actinobacteria were isolated by serial dilution method on ISP media, starch casein agar, starch agar and nutrient agar. Total eight actinobacteria were obtained with potential to produce extracellular enzymes.