This volume contains a collection of research papers which discuss such subjects as artificial intelligence and the supervision of bioprocesses, host-vector interactions in escherichia coli, the design of reactors for plant cells and organs, and expert systems in bioprocess control.

Contributions by: R. Aarts, M. Aynsley, J.E. Bailey, P.M. Doran, I.J. Dunn, K. Friehs, E. Heinzle, A. Hofland, K.B. Konstantinov, C. DiMassimo, G.A. Montague, A.J. Morris, K.F. Reardon, G.B. Ryhiner, T. Yoshida