The overall aim of the course is to:
• Provide knowledge of the general structure of life, its origin and the significance of the environmental parameters to preserve life.
• Give an introduction to microbial diversity of living cells and their functions.
• Give insight to the most important biological pathways during fermentation process.
• Give an overview of biomass resources, availability of biomass (wastes, industrial and agricultural residues), and potentials for converting biomass to energy.
• Give insight to the most important biotechnological methods for bioenergy production.
• Provide an understanding of the different aquaculture production systems used for fish, shellfish and algae.
• Give an understanding of sustainability issues of aquaculture activities, in terms of feed manufacture, environmental impact and in comparison with capture based production.
• Highlight the state of the art aquaculture technology and current and future challenges for the industry. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Define what life is and how life has been created out of inorganic components.
• Outline the structure of a living cell and the basic environmental conditions to function properly.
• Summarize the microbial growth kinetics and the influence of environmental parameters on microbial growth.
• List the main types of biomass and choose the most efficient bioconversion methods for utilization of specific types of biomass resources.
• Summarize the principles of biochemical processes for production of energy from biomass, such as biogas and bioethanol.
• Describe process steps in a wastewatertreatment plant
• Classify production species and systems used in aquaculture.
• Name sustainability issues and identify future development challenges of fish production.

The course includes the following subjects:
• The origin of life: the “good” and the “bad” microbes.
• The main applications of the “good” microbes.
• Microbial cell structure and function.
• Microbial growth and nutrition.
• Microbial metabolism.
• Industrial microorganisms and fermentation media.
• Fermentation systems and downstream processing.
• Downstream processes focused on cell harvesting.
• Biomass: Creation/biosynthesis, Types, conversion technologies and different types of bioenergy.
• Wastewater Treatment: Screening, mechanical, biological and tertiary treatments.
• Aquaculture production and feeding.
• Production of alternative proteins & Seaweed and mussel aquaculture.
• Microorganisms as the green solution in aquaculture. Course compendium, Lecture notes and slides, scientific articles. 07. februar, 2019