Proteus (disambiguation)

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Proteus may refer to:

In mythology
  • Proteus, a Greek god who is the son of Poseidon
  • Proteus of Egypt, an Egyptian king in a version of the story of Helen of Troy
  • King Proteus, a mythical Greek ruler, featured in the story of Bellerophon
In science
  • Proteus (bacterium), a genus of Proteobacteria responsible for many human urinary tract infections.
  • Olm (Proteus anguinus), a genus of small cave-dwelling amphibian
  • Proteus, a genus of trilobites
  • Proteus syndrome, a very rare congenital disorder known mostly for its most famous sufferer Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man)
  • Proteus (alchemy), the "first matter" (prima materia), usually the metal mercury
  • Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
  • Proteus, a cultivar of Clematis introduced in 1876
  • The plant genus Protea, with the form-multiplicity of its species, was named by Linnaeus after the Greek god Proteus, who could change his form at will
  • Proteus (Satellite), a French multimission satellite platform
  • Proteus (journal), the oldest Slovenian general purpose scientific journal
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