Orange slime

[NuggetN8]

I'm sure somebody on here has posted about this before at some point but while walking along creeks sometimes I see orangish brown slime oozing out of the bank. Anyone know what that is? I'm assuming it has something to do with high iron concentrations and rust? Don't have a pic.

 

[Alex Burke]

Not sure without a pic prob rust from car parts I see that a lot. Agricultural runoff looks slimy in water too.

 

[NuggetN8]

Figured out what it was. Iron oxidizing bacteria. It causes rusty colored slime where the ground is moist and very rich in iron. Here's a pic.