Figure 1

Experimental data of the growth kinetics for different selected bacteria and acids (points), and fittings to equation(1) (surfaces). X: growth as optical density at 700 nm (AU); C: acid concentration (mM); t: time (h). For clarity, confidence intervals (in all cases less than 5% of the experimental mean value; α = 0.05; n = 3) were omitted. Keys for bacteria are described in Table 7.