Table 2.

This table proving 26 sponge associated bacteria (SEB) from 21 species of sponges found antimicrobial activity against fish pathogens. Based on wide range of bioactivity and high inhibition during In-vitro analysis the bacterium SEB32 was selected for the further production of bioactive compound and characterization.

SL. No	Sponge associated bacteria/Strain No.	Inhibition zone (in mm diameter)
		Fish pathogens
		FP1	FP2	FP3	FP4	FP5	FP6	FP7	FP8
1.	SEB11	13	10	10	11	10	9	–	11
2.	SEB14	–	11	9	11	12	–	9	–
3.	SEB16	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–
4.	SEB17	12	14	12	13	12	8	–	–
5.	SEB21	14	11	12	13	10	–	6	11
6.	SEB22	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7.	SEB24	–	–	–	09	11	–	9	6
8.	SEB31	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9.	SEB32	18	16	23	21	19	19	18	16
10.	SEB33	14	13	15	14	15	15	17	15
11.	SEB36	16	13	15	17	15	17	18	15
12.	SEB41	–	–	14	11	9	–	–	–
13.	SEB42	11	–	14	–	8	–	11	–
14.	SEB43	17	15	19	17	14	17	15	15
15.	SEB51	15	17	16	19	18	15	14	11
16.	SEB52	–	11	14	11	9	15	–	–
17.	SEB53	12	–	14	16	11	–	8	–
18.	SEB54	13	11	–	–	–	–	–	–
19.	SEB81	6	–	8	–	–	–	–	–
20.	SEB83		9	11	13	–	–	–	–
21.	SEB92	12	15	11	–	8	–	12	–
22.	SEB93	9	11	14	–	9	–	11	–
23.	SEB122	–	15	16	12	14	13	–	–
24.	SEB133	9	13	11	7	9	11	12	8
25.	SEB171	13	11	8	8	12	15	11	9
26.	SEB172	–	9	9	13	11	10	10	8

Vibrio alginolyticus (FP1), Vibrio vulnificus (FP2), Vibrio parahaemolyticus (FP3), Aeromonas salmonicida (FP4), Flavobacterium sp. (FP5), Edwardsiella sp. (FP6), Proteus mirabilis (FP7) and Citrobacter brackii (FP8).