n :  a red antibiotic pigment C₂₀H₂₅N₃O that is produced by a bacterium of the genus Serratia (S. marcescens) and was formerly used against protozoans (as the parasite of amebic dysentery) and against fungi (as the parasite of coccidioidomycosis) .
 
 
 
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