TABLE 2.

Growth characteristics of strains^a

Strain	Tmin (K)	pHmin	k	μmax (h−1)
MGMA2-1	272.9	3.95	0.0198	0.65
MGMB29	272.9	3.91	0.0225	0.56
NBRC15893	279.5	3.21	0.0123	0.26

^aFormula: $\sqrt{\mu }=k(T-T_{\text{min}})\sqrt{\text{pH}-{\text{pH}}_{\text{min}}}$.