Sponges are sources of various useful natural products. The natural compounds derived from sponges are mostly complex polyketide. The polyketide synthase genes (PKS) is responsible for the biosynthesis of complex polyketides. During this research, we detected ketosynthasc (KS) gene domain from 10 species of marine sponges, collected from Mediterranean Sea (Aplysina aerophoba, Petrocia ficiformi…
Gunung Halimun National Park (GHNP) West Java, Indonesia is the largest preserved primary forest in West Java. Diversity of plants and animals of this park have been studied intensively during the last 15 years. Diversity of endophytic microorganisms however, has never been reported. Endophytic microbes are those who reside in the interspatial tissues of plants. having a capacity to produce arr…