New life form on Titanic
A new life form has been discovered in the wreck of the Titanic.
The microbe - which has been named the Halomonas titanicae - grew in samples taken from the doomed cruise liner 19 years ago by the Mir 2 robotic submarine.
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The microbe - which has been named the Halomonas titanicae - grew in samples taken from the doomed cruise liner 19 years ago by the Mir 2 robotic submarine.
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