Antibacterial Activity of Actinomycetes Isolated from a Few Selected Soil Samples of Southern Region of Western Ghats

Soil, actinomycetes plays an important role in pharmaceutical industries because they produce valuable natural antibiotics to treat chronic diseases in humans. In the present study, the actinomycetes were isolated from four different sample sites of Western Ghats. Totally twelve isolates were selected and screened for antibiotic activity using coliforms. Among the twelve isolates, two were found to effective against coliforms and these isolates were obtained from soil of Courtallum. Antibiotic sensitivity of the twelve isolates revealed varying performance. The two actinomycetes isolates of Courtallum have a potential to be included in researches of new preparations with characterization of the bioactive compounds.