Table 2.

Estimated maximum specific growth rate and generation times for wet weight, turbidometry, viable count, and qPCR for each strain

Strain	Wet wt		Turbidometry		Viable count		qPCR
	μmax (day−1)	G (days)	μmax (day−1)	G (days)	μmax (day−1)	G (days)	μmax (day−1)	G (days)
316F	0.077	8.99	0.067	10.27	0.403	1.72	0.451	1.54
2E	0.057	12.19	0.055	12.49	0.501	1.38	0.475	1.46
K10	0.080	8.70	0.050	14.00	0.451	1.54	0.569	1.22
81	0.064	10.91	0.045	15.28	0.513	1.35	0.517	1.34
445	0.079	8.75	0.056	12.34	0.499	1.39	0.525	1.32
764	0.065	10.67	0.080	8.65	0.497	1.40	0.527	1.32
22G	0.082	8.41	0.055	12.65	0.469	1.48	0.466	1.49
OC 49	0.083	8.34	0.113	6.12	0.350	1.98	0.450	1.54
All
Mean	0.073	9.619	0.065	11.475	0.460	1.53	0.497	1.40
SD	0.010	1.437	0.022	2.979	0.057	0.218	0.043	0.119
CV	13.67	14.94	34.07	25.96	12.42	14.28	8.66	8.50