Free pigments have been isolated from Sarcina morrhuae by Nandy & Sen ( I 967), and their results have been confirmed. When no more pigment could be extracted, the bacterial remnants were still pigmented. The present work was undertaken to see how the remaining pigment was bound.and 2-5 % agar no. 3 at 34' for 3 weeks, Pigment was removed by repeated ultrasonication in methanol and then repeated saponification with 10 "/, (wiv) methanolic KOH (at room temperature under an inert atmosphere and in the dark). When no further pigment was extracted, the residue was stirred at 40' in distilled water and a redorange solution recovered.The solution was desalted using Sephadex C75 followed by ultrafiltration in an Amicon high pressure cell. Homogeneity was tested by examining (a) sedimentation patterns in a Beckman analytical ultracentrifuge, (b) resolution on columns of (i) various grades of Sephadex, (ii) Biogel A15 (4 % agarose), and (c) resolution by disc-gel electrophoresis on 7.5 % cyanogiini C40 gels at pH 4.7. An estimate of the molecular weight was obtained by (a) behaviour on dialysis (molecular weight cut-off ~O O O ) , (b) retention on columns of various Sephadexes and on 4 "/o agarose (standardized for both Stokes radius and molecular weight). An absorption spectrum was recorded from 210 to 600 nm. and the following were also determined: ( a ) dry weight and ash, (b) protein by the Folin-Lowry method using serum albumin as standard or by the quantitative ninhydrin method (Moore & Stein, ~954) with norleucine as standard, (c) (Pridham, 1956) or 2 % (w/v) ninhydrin in acetone.