## 3 Results
### Microbial Populations and Kinetics
Regarding the maximum specific growth rate (\(\mu_{m}\) or \(\mu_{max}\)), strain 63 (followed by 45 and 71)  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline T \({}^{\circ}\)C & **Culture** & \(y_{\rm 0}\) & \(y_{\rm max}\) & _Lag_ & \(y_{\rm max}\) \\  & & **(log cfu/g)** & **(log cfu/g)** & **(days)** & **(day\({}^{-1}\))** \\ \hline
0 \({}^{\circ}\)C & 35 & 2.85 \(\pm\) 0.18 & 9.52 \(\pm\) 0.05 \({}^{e}\) & & \\
0 \({}^{\circ}\)C & 35 & (2.78 \(\pm\) 0.22) & (9.49 \(\pm\) 0.09) & 0.00 & 0.515 \(\pm\) 0.015 \({}^{b}\) \\  & 45 & 2.86 \(\pm\) 0.65 & 9.40 \(\pm\) 0.07 \({}^{c}\)\({}^{d}\)\({}^{e}\) & 2.22 \(\pm\) 0.80 & 0.755 \(\pm\) 0.070 \({}^{c}\) \\  & 55 & 2.83 \(\pm\) 0.12 & 9.46 \(\pm\) 0.08 \({}^{d}\)\({}^{e}\) & 1.21 \(\pm\) 0.47 & 0.650 \(\pm\) 0.087 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) \\  & 61 & (2.85 \(\pm\) 0.17) & (9.34 \(\pm\) 0.08) & & 0.572 \(\pm\) 0.065 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) \\  & 71 & 3.01 \(\pm\) 0.14 & 9.11 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{b}\) & 1.50 \(\pm\) 0.98 & 0.740 \(\pm\) 0.155 \({}^{c}\) \\  & 83 & (2.79 \(\pm\) 0.20) & (9.23 \(\pm\) 0.08) & & 0.76 \(\pm\) 0.00 & 0.484 \(\pm\) 0.044 \({}^{b}\) \\  & 2.88 \(\pm\) 0.20 & 9.22 \(\pm\) 0.09 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) & & & \\
63 & (2.79 \(\pm\) 0.26) & (9.25 \(\pm\) 0.22) & 3.65 \(\pm\) 0.13 & 0.775 \(\pm\) 0.010 \({}^{c}\) \\  & Mix & 2.89 \(\pm\) 0.28 & 9.13 \(\pm\) 0.05 \({}^{b}\) & & \\  & (2.96 \(\pm\) 0.23) & (9.19 \(\pm\) 0.04) & & 1.41 \(\pm\) 0.15 & 0.641 \(\pm\) 0.071 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) \\ \hline
4 \({}^{\circ}\)C & 35 & 3.04 \(\pm\) 0.13 & 9.32 \(\pm\) 0.09 & & 1.083 \(\pm\) 0.038 \({}^{e}\) \\  & 45 & 2.89 \(\pm\) 0.42 & 9.40 \(\pm\) 0.13 & & 0.40 \(\pm\) 0.70 & 0.914 \(\pm\) 0.060 \({}^{c}\)\({}^{d}\) \\  & 2.86 \(\pm\) 0.34) & (9.41 \(\pm\) 0.15) & & & \\
55 & 2.82 \(\pm\) 0.06 & 9.57 \(\pm\) 0.13 & & 0.0 & 0.896 \(\pm\) 0.048 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) \\  & 2.90 \(\pm\) 0.01) & 9.47 \(\pm\) 0.20) & & 0.67 \(\pm\) 0.69 & 0.985 \(\pm\) 0.158 \({}^{d}\) \\  & 61 & (2.85 \(\pm\) 0.17) & (9.32 \(\pm\) 0.01) & & & \\
71 & 2.79 \(\pm\) 0.12 & 8.76 \(\pm\) 0.33 & & & \\
72 & (2.90 \(\pm\) 0.05) & (8.73 \(\pm\) 0.19) & & 0.11 \(\pm\) 0.19 & 0.967 \(\pm\) 0.055 \({}^{d}\) \\  & 83 & 2.68 \(\pm\) 0.09 & 9.46 \(\pm\) 0.26 & & 0 & 0.733 \(\pm\) 0.044 \({}^{b}\) \\  & 63 & (2.79 \(\pm\) 0.21) & (9.24 \(\pm\) 0.21) & & & \\
63 & 2.89 \(\pm\) 0.36 & 9.08 \(\pm\) 0.18 & & 1.10 \(\pm\) 0.47 & 1.208 \(\pm\) 0.081 \({}^{e}\) \\  & 2.79 \(\pm\) 0.26) & (9.21 \(\pm\) 0.12) & & & \\ Mix & 2.92 \(\pm\) 0.42 & 9.55 \(\pm\) 0.07 & & 0.93 \(\pm\) 0.46 & 1.040 \(\pm\) 0.044 \({}^{e}\) \\  & (2.96 \(\pm\) 0.24) & (9.54 \(\pm\) 0.17) & & & \\ \hline
8 \({}^{\circ}\)C & 35 & 2.93 \(\pm\) 0.27 & 8.33 \(\pm\) 0.32 \({}^{b}\) & & \\  & & (2.78 \(\pm\) 0.22) & (8.50 \(\pm\) 0.44) & & 1.22 \(\pm\) 0.23 & 1.434 \(\pm\) 0.110 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) \\  & 45 & 2.93 \(\pm\) 0.95 & 8.63 \(\pm\) 0.18 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) & & & \\  & & (2.86 \(\pm\) 0.033) & (8.90 \(\pm\) 0.03) & & 0.59 \(\pm\) 0.19 & 1.872 \(\pm\) 0.211 \({}^{c}\) \\  & 55 & 2.85 \(\pm\) 0.17 & 8.69 \(\pm\) 0.26 \({}^{c}\) & & & \\  & 55 & (2.90 \(\pm\) 0.00) & (8.83 \(\pm\) 010) & & & \\  & 61 & 2.84 \(\pm\) 0.40 & 9.16 \(\pm\) 0.16 \({}^{c}\)\({}^{d}\) & & & \\  & (2.85 \(\pm\) 0.17) & (9.03 \(\pm\) 0.08) & & 0.65 \(\pm\) 0.53 & 1.492 \(\pm\) 0.213 \({}^{b}\)\({}^{c}\) \\  & 71 & 2.83 \(\pm\) 0.04 & 9.07 \(\pm\) 0.22 \({}^{c}\)\({}^{d}\) & & & \\  & (2.90 \(\pm\) 0.05) & (9.00 \(\pm\) 0.  
grew faster (\(\mu_{max}\) = 0.775 \(\pm\) 0.010) than the others at 0 \({}^{\circ}\)C, while strain 83 was the slowest (\(\mu_{max}\) = 0.484 \(\pm\) 0.044). At 4 \({}^{\circ}\)C, strain 63 also presented the highest maximum specific growth rate (\(\mu_{max}\) = 1.208 \(\pm\) 0.081), while strain 83 was again the slowest of the _Pseudomonas_ strains (\(\mu_{max}\) = 0.733 \(\pm\) 0.044).