The content of this article has been presented as an initial exploratory study and the clinical importance of this study has not been overstated. The article outlines the reasons that studying organisms from geographical isolated locations such as the Antartic could be important for drug discovery in cancer. The article seeks the opinion on the researcher involved in the study, however it would have been good to also seek expert opinion from an independent expert in the field. It would have also been good to have further details about the studies that have tested the isolated bacterium compound on melanoma or other cancer cell lines and a link to these at the end of the article.