Talk:Proteus

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The story behind the Egyptian King Proteus, the one mentioned in Euripides' Helen, is talked about in much more depth in book 2 of Herodotus' The History, and there is no mention of the sea-god Proteus. I don't really see much relation to the sea-god Proteus in Helen either for that matter. The legend Euripides used to base his play probably came from Herodotus or a similiar source. So I think a new page should be made for this Egyptian Proteus. Anyone object? - Ravenous 06:05, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

No objections? Good, I set up a new article for the Proteus of Egypt. - Ravenous 04:25, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Proteus is the name of a group of bacteria. It may be the case to add this? Up to you They are 'Gram-negative rods' producing the enzyme urease. Some, like Proteus mirabilis causes disease in humans, especially in hospital inpatients (lower urinary tract infections, pyelonephritis, septicaemia, wound and catheter-associated infections). 1200 bacteraemias a year in the UK. This information came from a book called The Infectious Disease Manual, by D. Wilks, M. Farrington, D. Rubennstein of Blackwell Publishing.

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