Abstract:
Soil microbial communities have been proposed as antibacterial agents are widely
used to control diseases. However, there is often too little information reliably about
microorganisms from soil marshes for this purpose. The objective of this study is to
screen, characterize and identify the bacteria that producing antibacterial agents from
marsh soil. This paper presents the results of field surveys at several study marsh soil
within the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Swamp and Setiu Wetland. The methods
in order to detect antibacterial resistant produce by isolated bacteria were using disc
diffusion method. Gram staining and six biochemical tests were carried out to
characterize these bacteria including MR, oxidase, catalase, spore stain, starch
hydrolysis, acid fast stain and strict anaerobes. These isolated bacteria were identified
through BBL crystal kit and Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. As a
result, 11 isolates were isolated from samples that have antimicrobial activity to
provide antibiotic. It has been found that isolates are effective against Pseudomonas
sp., Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. This study also indicated that the
escalating misuse of antibacterial will be solved.