Isolated from soil samples collected from two sites (79 deg 47 min 28.8 sec S 82 deg 55 min 57.6 sec W and 79 deg 47 min 27.8 sec S 82 deg 55 min 46.5 sec W) at Rossman Cove in Ellsworth Mountains (Union Glacier, Antarctica).
Rhodococcus navarretei sp. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter quantipunctorum sp. nov., two novel species with the ability to biosynthesize fluorescent nanoparticles, isolated from soil samples at Union Glacier, Antarctica.