Does freezing kill ANY bacteria?

[Michael63129]

@Sailboat

IIRC, freezing is not supposed to kill bacteria, at least not as its main purpose. What freezing does is retard their life processes, slowing their growth/reproduction rate. It prevents the bacteria from multiplying (or greatly reduces the rate thereof).

What killing does occur is incidental to that function.

Do bacterial really multiply when frozen? At least, that is what your statement implies to me, that bacteria can grow and multiply while frozen (I know there are bacteria that live in ice, but common food spoilage bacteria?).