Graham Shepherd wrote:
>> Serratia marcescens (or whatever it's called these days) is pink; and of
> course there's the golden staphylococcus. Don't know if the pigments are
> water-soluble though.
No, not water-soluble.
> Alexander Fleming used to paint pictures on agar with
> different coloured species of bacteria.
Ah, the good old days .......
I used to have colleaugues who wrote nice coloured messages on agarplates to be
read in the morning.
Loes
