| Urinary organisms such as proteus, providencia, and klebsiella with indoxyl sulphatase activity metabolise indican to produce indigo, particularly in alkaline urine. |
| Other common organisms are proteus, klebbsiela, staphylococcus and enterococcus fecalis. |
| The judge's metaphor is rather telling when one recalls that the proteus was a shape-shifter who would transform himself in order to avoid answering questions about the future. |
| If a proteus or another organism that can split urea is isolated from the urine the chance of underlying stone disease is considerably higher. |
| The olm, or proteus, is found only in the underground lakes of Carniola and one or two other parts of Central Europe. |
| The original title of Proteus involves the naming of the Protea flower in 1735 when it was given its correct Latin binomial. |
