Dr. Pallaval Veera Bramhachari is currently an associate professor in the Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology at Krishna University, Machilipatnam, A.P State, India. He has earlier served as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR-Berghofoer Research Center), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and a DBT postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCBL), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He completed his Ph.D. in microbiology from Goa University, India. His major research interests are the investigations in the areas of applied research in microbiology and molecular cell biology viz. exploring the biochemical mechanism of bacterial-biofilm formations, extracellular microbial polysaccharides (EPS), extracellular proteins (ECP) and the structure-function relationship of bacterial EPS, ECPs, biosurfactants (glycolipids and rhamnolipids), pathogenic and virulence characteristics of bacteria. He has published more than 150 research articles in Scopus-indexed journals, authored and co-authored 9 international books. He has served as a reviewer and editorial board for several International journals. He is a member of numerous scientific societies and organizations, like Indian Science Congress, Society of Biological Chemists, AMI & SBTI, India. He completed two major research projects from DST-SERB & DST-NRDMS, Govt of India.  He was conferred with various prestigious awards, notably, the Science Education Research Board (SERB), Government of India-Young Scientist award (2011) with a research project and Nominated as associate fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (APAS)-2016, MASTER TRAINER: Andhra Pradesh English Communications Skills Project. British Council & APSCHE 2017, Andhra Pradesh State Best Scientist award-2017, Dr. V. Ramalingaswamy Memorial award for Biomedical Sciences-2019, KAPL Award (Industrial Biotechnology)-SBTI Annual awards -2022, Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Teacher Excellence Award-2022. He also obtained two Indian patents. He has more than 18 years of teaching and research experience in Molecular Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, IPR, Bioprocess engineering, and Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology at the university level.Dr. Chanda Vikrant Berde is currently an assistant professor in the Marine Microbiology program of School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University, Goa, India. She has earlier served as an assistant professor in the post graduate programs of Departments of Microbiology and Biotechnology at Gogate Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India (2010-2020); Scientist (Microbiology) at Vidya Pratishthan's School of Biotechnology, Baramati, Maharashtra, India (2005-2010) as well as assistant professor, Department of Biotechnology, Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Goa, India (2004-2005). She has completed herdoctoral and post-doctoral studies from the Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Goa. She has more than 18 years of teaching experience in general microbiology, genetic engineering, biochemistry, bioprocess and biotechnology, IPR, archaea, extremophilic microbiology, estuarine microbiology, nanobiotechnology, etc. Her research experience is over 20 years and the areas of her research interests are bioactive biomolecules, endophytic microorganisms, PGPR, microbial metabolites of industrial importance, microbial remediation, media formulations. She has guided more than 80 master's research projects in subjects of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Marine Microbiology. She is a recognized guide for Ph.D. in Marine Microbiology at Goa University with more than 50 research articles published in peer-reviewed national and international journals and authorship or co-authorship of numerous book chapters. She is editor of 3 books by reputed publishers. She has completed 2 research projectsfunded by DBT, Govt. of India and the University of Mumbai, to her credit. She is a member of many scientific societies and organizations importantly, Mangrove Society of India, Microbiologists Society, India and Society for Environment and Biodiversity Conservation, Ratnagiri. She has actively participated in social awareness programs like mangrove conservation and plantation, covid-19 awareness, AIDS awareness, tree plantations

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- FORWARD.- PREFACE.- ABOUT THE EDITORS.- ABOUT THE BOOK.- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.- Chapter 1 New Vistas and Frontiers of Marine Bioactive Molecules in Biomedical  and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications.-  Chapter 2 Bioprospection of Marine Sponge Microbiome for Bioactive Metabolites Employing Advanced Metagenomics Tools.- Chapter 3 Biomedical Applications of Marine Biopolymers in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.- Chapter 4 Metagenome Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Marine Microbial Natural Products.- Chapter 5 Marine Derived Pharmaceuticals in Biomedical Research: Current Developments and Future Prospects.- Chapter 6 Marine Polysaccharides - Prospects for Nanostructure Preparation and their Exploitation in Cancer Therapy.- Chapter 7 Marine Microbial Cell Mediated Nanomaterials Synthesis: Prospectus, Current Development and Challenges.- Chapter 8 A Potent Drug L- Asparaginase from Marine Origins: A Comprehensive Review.- Chapter 9 Marine Environment: A Treasure Trove of Natural Polymers for Tissue Engineering.- Chapter 10 Exploration of Bioactive Functional Molecules from Marine Algae: Challenges and Applications in Nutraceuticals.- Chapter 11 Properties of Violacein: A Promising Natural Pharmaceutical Secondary Metabolite from Marine Environment with Emphasis on its Anticancer activity.- Chapter 12 Exploitation of Marine-Derived Multifunctional Biomaterials in Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery.- Chapter 13 Marine Phytoplankton: Bioactive Compounds and Their Applications in Medicine.- Chapter 14 Neuroactive Peptides and Neuroprotective Molecules from Marine Sponges and Associated Bacteria: An Untapped Resource for Systemic Drug Development.

Dr. Pallaval Veera Bramhachari is currently an associate professor in the Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology at Krishna University, Machilipatnam, A.P State, India. He has earlier served as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR-Berghofoer Research Center), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and a DBT postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCBL), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He completed his Ph.D. in microbiology from Goa University, India. His major research interests are the investigations in the areas of applied research in microbiology and molecular cell biology viz. exploring the biochemical mechanism of bacterial-biofilm formations, extracellular microbial polysaccharides (EPS), extracellular proteins (ECP) and the structure-function relationship of bacterial EPS, ECPs, biosurfactants (glycolipids and rhamnolipids), pathogenic and virulence characteristics of bacteria. He has published more than 150 research articles in Scopus-indexed journals, authored and co-authored 9 international books. He has served as a reviewer and editorial board for several International journals. He is a member of numerous scientific societies and organizations, like Indian Science Congress, Society of Biological Chemists, AMI & SBTI, India. He completed two major research projects from DST-SERB & DST-NRDMS, Govt of India.  He was conferred with various prestigious awards, notably, the Science Education Research Board (SERB), Government of India-Young Scientist award (2011) with a research project and Nominated as associate fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (APAS)-2016, MASTER TRAINER: Andhra Pradesh English Communications Skills Project. British Council & APSCHE 2017, Andhra Pradesh State Best Scientist award-2017, Dr. V. Ramalingaswamy Memorial award for Biomedical Sciences-2019, KAPL Award (Industrial Biotechnology)-SBTI Annual awards -2022, Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Teacher Excellence Award-2022. He also obtained two Indian patents. He has more than 18 years of teaching and research experience in Molecular Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, IPR, Bioprocess engineering, and Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology at the university level.Dr. Chanda Vikrant Berde is currently an assistant professor in the Marine Microbiology program of School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University, Goa, India. She has earlier served as an assistant professor in the post graduate programs of Departments of Microbiology and Biotechnology at Gogate Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India (2010-2020); Scientist (Microbiology) at Vidya Pratishthan's School of Biotechnology, Baramati, Maharashtra, India (2005-2010) as well as assistant professor, Department of Biotechnology, Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Goa, India (2004-2005). She has completed herdoctoral and post-doctoral studies from the Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Goa. She has more than 18 years of teaching experience in general microbiology, genetic engineering, biochemistry, bioprocess and biotechnology, IPR, archaea, extremophilic microbiology, estuarine microbiology, nanobiotechnology, etc. Her research experience is over 20 years and the areas of her research interests are bioactive biomolecules, endophytic microorganisms, PGPR, microbial metabolites of industrial importance, microbial remediation, media formulations. She has guided more than 80 master's research projects in subjects of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Marine Microbiology. She is a recognized guide for Ph.D. in Marine Microbiology at Goa University with more than 50 research articles published in peer-reviewed national and international journals and authorship or co-authorship of numerous book chapters. She is editor of 3 books by reputed publishers. She has completed 2 research projectsfunded by DBT, Govt. of India and the University of Mumbai, to her credit. She is a member of many scientific societies and organizations importantly, Mangrove Society of India, Microbiologists Society, India and Society for Environment and Biodiversity Conservation, Ratnagiri. She has actively participated in social awareness programs like mangrove conservation and plantation, covid-19 awareness, AIDS awareness, tree plantations

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- FORWARD.- PREFACE.- ABOUT THE EDITORS.- ABOUT THE BOOK.- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.- Chapter 1 New Vistas and Frontiers of Marine Bioactive Molecules in Biomedical  and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications.-  Chapter 2 Bioprospection of Marine Sponge Microbiome for Bioactive Metabolites Employing Advanced Metagenomics Tools.- Chapter 3 Biomedical Applications of Marine Biopolymers in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.- Chapter 4 Metagenome Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Marine Microbial Natural Products.- Chapter 5 Marine Derived Pharmaceuticals in Biomedical Research: Current Developments and Future Prospects.- Chapter 6 Marine Polysaccharides - Prospects for Nanostructure Preparation and their Exploitation in Cancer Therapy.- Chapter 7 Marine Microbial Cell Mediated Nanomaterials Synthesis: Prospectus, Current Development and Challenges.- Chapter 8 A Potent Drug L- Asparaginase from Marine Origins: A Comprehensive Review.- Chapter 9 Marine Environment: A Treasure Trove of Natural Polymers for Tissue Engineering.- Chapter 10 Exploration of Bioactive Functional Molecules from Marine Algae: Challenges and Applications in Nutraceuticals.- Chapter 11 Properties of Violacein: A Promising Natural Pharmaceutical Secondary Metabolite from Marine Environment with Emphasis on its Anticancer activity.- Chapter 12 Exploitation of Marine-Derived Multifunctional Biomaterials in Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery.- Chapter 13 Marine Phytoplankton: Bioactive Compounds and Their Applications in Medicine.- Chapter 14 Neuroactive Peptides and Neuroprotective Molecules from Marine Sponges and Associated Bacteria: An Untapped Resource for Systemic Drug Development.