Abstract:
This study was carried out to isolate and characterize bacteria producing antibacterial
from forest soil. The main goal of this study was to detect antibiotic produced by isolates
bacteria with commercial antibiotic towards the testing standardized bacteria. Soil
sampling was conducted at four forests in Rutan Simpan Jambu Bongkok, Rutan Pecah
Rotan, Bukit Nenasi and Rutan Bukit Bakar, Kelantan. In order to isolate and characterize
bacteria producing antibiotic from forest soil the serial dilution and pour plate method
was conducted. As a result, 45 bacteria were isolated from soil, but all these isolates not
show any antimicrobial production using antagonist method and disc diffusion method.