Halmonas titanicae
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Above is the name of a newly discovered strain of bacteria. The Canadian researchers have discovered this new strain while they detected seven strains of bacteria forming “rusticles” (a formation of rusty masses similar to an icicle) that are slowly eating away the wreckage of the historic RMS Titanic, the world's largest passenger steamship which sank four days after she set off on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, USA on April 10, 1912. The researchers have predicted that the rusticles may totally destroy the historic wreckage of Titanic within 15 years!
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