The carotenoid pigments of the myxobacterium Sorangium compositum were analyzed by chromatographical and chemical techniques and by visible, infra red, and mass spectroscopy. Besides γ-carotene, neurosporene, torulene, lycopene, and 1′,2′-dihydro-1′-hydroxy-γ-carotene, four new carotenoid glycosides were found. These pigments were identified as 1′,2′-dihydro-1′-hydroxy-torulene glucoside ester (I), 1′,2′-dihydro-3,1′-dihydroxy-torulene glucoside ester (III), 1′,2′-dihydro-1′-hydroxy-torulene rhamnoside (II), and 1′,2′-dihydro-3,1′-dihydroxytorulene rhamnoside (IV).