Abstract:
Marine fungi have been proven to become one of the important sources of novel
secondary metabolites, and are expected to compete with terrestrial fungi in this respect in
the near future. However, only a few investigations of the secondary metabolites of
marine fungi have been reported. Therefore, this study was focused on the detection and
identification of potential bioactive compounds of marine fungi isolated from Avicennia
alba. Four fungi have been successfully identified as marine fungi: Clavariopsis bulbosa,
Humicola alopallonella, Coniothyrium obiones and Didymella avicenniae. All fungi were
further screened for antibacterial properties against five bacterial test strains: Escherichia
coli, Salmonella sp., Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Streptococcus. agalactiae. D.
avicenniae showed the best antibacterial activity and the least is C. bulbosa.
