Comments on: New Bacterium Is Digesting the Titanic, One Iron Atom at a Time

By: George

George — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:09:53 +0000

The Onion: “World’s Largest Metaphor Hits Ice-Berg (1912)”, and is being devoured by pesky bacteria.

By: Yobee

Yobee — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:46:05 +0000

Seems an appropriate end to the old girl…

By: Jumblepudding

Jumblepudding — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:56:01 +0000

The old national Geographic special with Robert Ballard was cool in a haunted house sort of way, but I’m glad there will be no more wreck to obsess over in a few years.

By: Georg

Georg — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:07:51 +0000

Maybe these
days are maybe not very apt to publish “new” bacteria. :=)
Georg

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:21:13 +0000

Seriously,

“Perhaps if we get another 15 to 20 years out of it, we’re doing good …”

You mean you’re using it for something?

By: Pietr Hitzig

Pietr Hitzig — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:25:19 +0000

Study coauthor Henrietta Mann says the bacterium’s efficiency makes her fear for the historic wreck:

If this is ms Mann’s major anxiety I envy her.