Paper Title
Screening of Bioactive Natural Products from Marine Microorganisms, Oman Coastal Waters, Possible to Commercial Production in Future

Abstract
The first marine-derived antibiotic compound was isolated from a sponge in the 1950s. This was considered the starting point for the search for "drugs from the sea”. Since then, more than 16,000 new anti-microbial, anti-viral, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory compounds from marine organisms have been discovered. Only a few studies have been done and a limited number of natural products bioactive compounds have been isolated from Arabian and Oman seas. So, this research has initiated and focused on marine natural bioactive products from marine microorganisms in Sur coastal waters, Sultanate of Oman. Summary of the project was, to isolate the marine bacteria from different fish guts and tested against selected animal pathogens, Aeromonas salmonicida, Staphylococcus auroea, Aeromonas vronii, Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahemolyticus, in which 6 different fishes (Trachurus, indicus, Lepidsmismultitaeniata, Thryssawhiteheadi, Scarusfalcipinnis, Pempheriskuriamuria and Tripterodonorbis) were used for the study. Total of 320 bacteria were isolated, out of these, 27 strains shown antibacterial activity, two strains showed the prominent activity and 5 strains found moderate activity. Concluding that in future, further more research could be taken on this field and commercialize in the Oman, once achieving this, it could be helpful to make the entrepreneurship for people of the Oman. Keywords - Marine Natural Products, Oman coastal area, Commercialization