Bacteria which eats the iron, take into account iron when is oxydized gives off energy, is a form of very low grade fuel. The bacteria eats it for energy, then leaves the oxydes, and they keep growing a bigger and bigger structure.
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Those are called rusticles and there’s a particular kind of iron eating bacteria (Halomonas titanicae) that creates them. The bacteria eat the iron from the ship’s hull, pooping out rust around them.
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