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Despite its healthy growth, the aquaculture industry still faces problems with diseases which can affect its sustainability. Infectious diseases caused by bacteria, fungi and viruses are continuing threats to consistent industry growth. The heavy use of antibiotics could be detrimental to the health of fish. This practice encourages the evolution of resistant pathogenic strains. Nowadays researches on a worldwide basis have paid attention towards the potential of marine microorganisms as an alternative source for isolation of novel metabolites with interesting biological and pharmatheutical...

This book is concerned with the bioactive compounds produced by marine bacteria because marine macroorganisms and microorganisms produce a dizzying array of active compounds including terpens, steroids, peptides and alkaloids, which have potent activities as anti-microbial agents. Some compounds isolated from marine macroorganisms have been shown to be of microbial origin.The search for new natural products from marine microorganisms has already shown promise with the discovery of compounds with possible use as anticancer and cardiovascular agents . With worldwide sales of 45 billion dollars,...