A little Microbiology--Chemicals of life--The kinetic of enzyme-catalyzed reactions--Isolation and utilization of enzymes--Metabolic pathways and energetics--Cellular genetics and control systems--Kinetics of substrate utilization, product yield, and biomass production in cell cultures--Transport phenomena in microbial systems--Design and analysis of biological reactors--Biological reactors, substrates and products I: single-species applications--Analysis of multiple interacting microbial populations--Biological reactors, substrates, and product II: mixed microbial populations in applications and natural systems