The Titanic Eaten Out Bacteria

Port side of the Titanic. (Picture from: http://www.titanicuniverse.com/)

Wreck of the Titanic which sank on 14 April 1912 and due to hit the iceberg will slowly devoured by steel-eating bacteria. According to scientific publications in the Bedford Institute of Marine Affairs, Canada, recently. Scientific study that shows most of Titanic's hull was almost devoured by steel-eating bacteria.

Wreckage of the Titanic. (Picture from:http://www.titanicuniverse.com/) 

According to scientists at the institute, the Titanic wreck is now full of rusty cavity. In addition, test results of material tests conducted by researchers in Canada, it also shows that the hull is porous and most of the rough and jagged to form rusticles (such as limestone stalactite hanging and rusty). This makes it easy to get crushed ice to the ship's hull, which exacerbated the damage to the body Titanic.

The rusticles form in the hull of Titanic. 

Previously, similar findings have also revealed two researcher,  Dr. Hen Saatrietta Mann of Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada and Bhavleen Kaur, of the University of Sevilla, Spain. Based on their research, most of the carcass of the Titanic had been gnawed out steel and iron-eating bacteria called Halomonas titanicae.

Halomonas Titanicae or Titanic steel-eating bacteria. (Picture from: http://www.wired.com/) 

It is estimated that, since the ship sank a century ago, has 50,000 tons of iron and steel are eaten bacteria. In an interview with FoxNews, Mann predicts the Titanic wreck will be exhausted in 15-20 years. This means, the carcass will be exhausted in 2031 without the rest to come. Reported by the two bacteria experts who examined the Titanic carcass since 1991, but the results are published recently. *** [METRONEWS.CA | FOXNEWS | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 22122011]

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