Macroalgae belong to thallophytes group or plant-like organisms which generally live in coastal areas. 1-3 Macroalgae known as seaweed have significant economic value since they can be utilized as vegetables, traditional medicines, organic fertilizers, and livestock fed. 1,3 Even the phytocoloid compounds extracted from macroalgae as agar, carrageenan, and alginate 3 , it can be used as raw materials of various industries, such as medicine, cosmetics, food, etc. Based on the pigment content, macroalgae are classified as green, red, and brown macroalgae. 4,5 Several studies has been revealed that green, brown and red algae contain different metabolites and have much biological activity such as antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal. 6 Padina australis is one of the brown macroalgae that possess numerous compounds that can be used for various properties, either nutrient content or active compounds. P. australis contains 1.05 ± 0.09% protein, 0.58 ± 0.01% fat, 8.78 ± 0.80% carbohydrate, 87.25 ± 0.86% water, 2.34 ± 0.16% ash 7 and minerals as calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, zinc, iron 8 that enable to be developed as a food source and livestock fed. P. australis also contains various active compounds, such as steroid, terpenoid, flavonoid, tannin, and saponin 2,9,10 that can be used as medicinal drugs. P. australis found abundantly in Indonesia sea and distributed almost all stony coasts including East Nusa Tenggara waters. According to Salosso and Jasmanindar 11 , brown macroalgae recorded in 5 sampling sites of Kupang Bay and distributed in all locations and sampling sites are P. australis with up to 80% occurrence frequency. Nevertheless, this species has not been maximally utilized yet by the community. 10 To optimize the utilization of P. autralis collected from Kupang Bay, a study on nutrient content, active compounds, and antibacterial activity of P. australis were carried out in this paper. MATERIALS AND METHODS P. australis collection P. australis were collected at the lowest tide in Kelapa Lima coastal waters, Kupang Bay, by searching along the coast and taking all encountered P. australis. They were put into a plastic bag, cleansed, recorded the fresh weight, air-dried, and then ready for further analyses. Chemical composition analysis Chemical composition analyses of P. australis include water, ash, protein, and fat content. 12 Carbohydrate content was determined by difference as follows: 100%-(% water + % fat + % protein + % ash). Amino acid content was determined using a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Mineral analyses on calcium (Ca), potassium (K), and iron (Fe) were assayed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Phytochemical analysis of P. australis Phytochemical investigations of P. australis include alkaloid, saponin, flavonoid, tannin, terpenoid, and steroid. Alkaloid was examined using Culvenor-Fiztgerald method, saponin was analyzed using a foam test, tannin was analysed using FeCl, and terpenoid and steroid was analyzed using the Lieberman-Burchard meth...