Bhavleen Kaur is a Senior Scientist at the Ontario Science Centre. Dr. Kaur’s doctoral research into microbial life on the wreck of the Titanic led to the discovery of a new bacterial species, Halomonas titanicae. On this episode of The Show About Titanic, she describes how she got interested in these metal-munching bacteria.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halomonas_titanicae