The production of anti-bacterial compounds
increased in presence of sea water in all cases of halotolerant isolates,
which suggest that the sea salt from the salterns could be a
stimulating factor for the production of anti-bacterial metabolites.
The presence of Nocardiopsis species from hypersaline environment
such as saline soil and salt marsh soil have been reported
(12,21,30,31). This is the first report of a halophilic Nocardiopsis sp.
from hypersaline environment producing an anti-microbial compound
against S. citreus. Studies on the genus Kocuria have shown
their presence in marine environment