prodigiosin
/prədɪdʒɪˈəʊsɪn/Biochemistry
noun
A dark red crystalline pigment, C20H25N3O, with antibiotic properties, which is produced by certain bacteria of the genus Serratia (family Enterobacteriaceae), especially S. marcescens, and has a molecule containing three linked pyrrole rings.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Chemical Abstracts. From German Prodigiosin from scientific Latin prodigiosus + German -in.
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