I think scientists knew that the rusticles draping the Titanic wreck were caused by the slow digestion of the ship's iron by bacteria, but now they've isolated a new iron-consuming bacteria, with the musical name Halomonas titanicae.
New species of bacteria found in Titanic 'rusticles'
Link to the actual SCIENTIFIC article!
Halomonas titanicae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the RMS Titanic
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