摘要:The improper and uncontrolled uses of antibiotics against pathogenic bacteria have resulted in the occurrence of Multi Drugs Resistant bacteria. There is now an urgency to find alternative antibiotics to combat these bacteria. The metabolites from microorganisms are a rapidly growing field, due, at least in part, to the suspicion that a number of metabolites obtained from algae and invertebrates may be produced by associated microorganisms. Therefore, there is a shift in the search for secondary metabolites from terrestrial to marine environment. Sponge-associated microorganisms are among of the most interesting and promising marine natural product sources, which produce polyketide and non ribosomal peptide products with various biological activities. In this study, marine bacteria were isolated from sponge Haliclona sp. collected from North Java Sea, and were screened for antibacterial activity against MDR strains. One out of 32 bacterial isolates were successfully screened and were found to be active against MDR strains, strain Escherichia coli and strain Proteus sp., respectively. These active isolates were also capable of amplifying NRPS gene fragments necessary for the biosynthesis of non ribosomal peptides. The identification results revealed that the active isolates are Arthrobacter sp.