The Biochemical and Serological Relationships of the Organisms of the GenusProteus

Bacteriophage Typing of Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, and Proteus morganii

“…Such a result indicates that the phage groups demonstrated no trends in their infection patterns and thus were evenly distributed between the two sexes, throughout all age groups and specimen types. DISCUSSION P. mirabilis accounts for between 70 and 96% of all infections due to Proteus (10,12,21). Of the isolates in this study, 87.7% were P. mirabilis, a figure which agrees with those reported by previous investigators.…”

“…In the past, several methods have been used to differentiate strains of Proteus. These methods include serological typing (17,20,21), biochemical characterization (8,10,27), antibiotic susceptibility patterns (5,9,10), the Dienes reaction (2,7,22,24), bacteriocin typing (6), and bacteriophage typing (10,16,18). Previous bacteriophage typing systems have not been sensitive enough, but most investigators concluded that additional research on a basic set of typing phages would improve sensitivity and result in a useful system.…”

Studies on the Bacterial Flora of the Alimentary Tract of Pigs. I. Enterobacteriaceae and Other Gram‐negative Bacteria

“…They were identified as Proteus spp. (Rustigian & Stuart, 1945;Proom & Woiwod, 1951;Cowan, 1956;Ewing, 1958). According to the terminology given by Ewing (1958), type a (17 strains) may be named Pr.…”

A Numerical Taxonomic Study of Proteus‐Providence Bacteria

“…It was extended by the inclusion of Morgan's bacillus No. 1 as P. morganii (Rauss 1936) and Rettger's Bacterium rettgeri as P. rettgeri (Rustigian & Stuart 1943, 1945. The term Providence (Kauffmann 195 I ) and later the generic name Providerzcia (Kauffmann & Edwards 1952) was first applied to 'Paracolon 2991 1' described in Providence, Rhode Island (Stuart et al 1943).…”