rusticles

In the past five years, iron-eating microbes called rusticles have caused the Titanic to deteriorate much faster than scientists expected.

Out Of The Blue 2007

The hulk of the Gairsoppa was covered in rivulets of rust known as rusticles, which look like brownish icicles.

NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2011

The hulk of the Gairsoppa was covered in rivulets of rust known as rusticles, which look like brownish icicles.

NYT > Global Home By WILLIAM J. BROAD 2011

Roy Cullimore and Lori Johnston conclude from a study of Titanic's "rusticles" (those rusty concretions that appear to drip from the ship's hull), "There appears, at this time, to be evidence not of a catastrophic structural failure about to occur in the near future, but rather of a gradual collapse that would follow a somewhat predictable pattern."

Fate of the Titianic 2001

Twenty-seven strains of bacteria have formed a destructive blob of icicle-like "rusticles"

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

Twenty-seven strains of bacteria have formed a destructive blob of icicle-like "rusticles"

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

Explorer Robert Ballard, who had found the sunken ocean liner a year earlier, was back, this time steering a submersible named Alvin around the wreckage and capturing images of the famous ship, covered with growing "rusticles."

Don’t Call Them Age Spots, They’re Rusticles 2008

Preservationists blame the increase in rusticles on tourism, which they claim has stirred up the silt surrounding the wreck.

Out Of The Blue 2007

Explorer Robert Ballard, who had found the sunken ocean liner a year earlier, steers a submersible named Alvin around the wreckage to capture images of the ship and its growing "rusticles."

Rust Never Sleeps 2007

KAMUDA: Well, you can see the various rusticles that are growing on the Titanic and they're eating away at the iron.

CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2003 2003