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OK, then my answer is: Fast = grows to 10^8 this century. Slow = grows to 10^8 at the end of a Milankovitch cycle.
That's kind of like asking what constitutes tall or short people. Depends on the context. I'd say SAR11 is fast compared to microbes in long term stationary phase. But your question is a good one because it points out that we often have an implicit frame of reference and we're often not aware of it.