Application of marine microorganisms in pharmaceutical Industries

The vast expanse of the oceans and high biodiversity of such ecosystem, especially in microorganism's community has been known as a huge source of marine natural products. Marine natural products are natural compounds derived from the marine organisms which are used in diverse fields of industries, food industries, pharmaceuticals, beauty products, health products and etc. Due to natural source of such compounds, they are environmental friendly and have fewer side effects compare to synthetic compounds. Today, there is an especial look for these great sources in many countries and also several researches have been conducted to study the extraction of these compounds and their diverse effects. Marine microorganisms are a huge part of marine bio-richness, and for this reason they make a suitable source for extraction of marine natural products. In present study, there is a brief introduction to marine natural products whit emphasis on the compounds extracted from marine microorganisms.