What about Micrococcus roseus?
Micrococcus roseus is a red coloured Gram + bacteria. It can be found
in different environments.
<There is also a yeast that grows red/coral:
<Rhodotorula rubra. Colony types are sometimes mucoid. Gram staining
<would show a gram positive round or oval cells and sometimes a faint
<capsule. Kay
There are many different read coloured yeasts, Bensingtonia, Bullera,
Crytococcus, Rhodotorula, Sporodiobolus, Sporobolomyces...
Jesus M. Valero
Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
INASMET
Jesus M. Valero
Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
Environmental Technologies Dpt.
email: jvalero at inasmet.es
Fax: +34 43 21 75 60
Tel: +34 43 31 66 22
INASMET
