**3. Results and Discussion**

Soil is among the most productive habitat colonized by a large number of organisms. The rhizosphere soil in the vicinity of plant roots provides essential nutrients in the form of exudates

which favors the growth of microbial communities [24]. Soil microbes are a major source of a number of natural products including clinical important antibiotics, immunomodulators, enzyme inhibitors, antioxidants, anti-tumor and anticancer agents. Actinobacteria are abundant in soil, species of *Streptomyces* in particular represent the dominance over other microbes present in soil and play a vital role in recycling of materials and production of important metabolites [25]. Rare actinobacteria genera such as *Nocardia*, *Nocardiopsis*, and *Nocardioides* are also encountered in soils, though their presence is subjected to conditions of soil such as salinity and alkalinity [26]. The rapid emergence of drug resistant pathogens urges the exploration of new niche habitats for the isolation of new microbial species which can contribute to the uncovering of novel, safe, effective, and broad spectrum bioactive compounds [27].
