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Bacillus murisepticus pleomorphus 

 Karlinski. (Karlinski, Cent. f. Bakt., 

 5, 1889, 193; Proteus of Karlinski, Stern- 

 berg, Man. of Bact., 1893, 460.) From a 

 urine discharge and from abscesses in 

 the uterus. Sternberg regards this spe- 

 cies as probably identical with Proteus 

 vulgaris Hauser. 



Flarohacterium tneningilidis Hauduroy 

 et al. (Bacillus luteus liqucfaciens Hau- 

 duroy, Duhamel, Ehringer and Mondin, 

 Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 110, 1932, 

 362; Hauduroy et al., Diet. d. Bact. 

 Path., 1937, 236.) Related to this 

 species but differing in that it ferments 

 lactose is the following: Bacterium coli 

 var. luteoliquefaciens Lehmann and 

 Levy, in Lehmann and Neumann, Bakt. 

 Diag., 4 Aufi., 2, 1907, 34-t (Bacillus coli 

 var. luteoliquefaciens Hauduroy, Du- 

 hamel, Ehringer and Mondin, loc. cit., 

 1932, 363). 



Proteus alveicola Serbinow. (Jour. 

 Microbiol., Petrograd, 2, 1915, 19.) 

 From an infectious diarrhoea of hone.y 

 bees (Apis mellifera). 



Proteus americanus Pacheco. (Scien- 

 cia Medica, 6, 1928.) From the blood 

 of patients with liver abscesses. Assis 

 (Brasil Medico, No. 42-45, 1934, 35), St. 

 John-Brooks and Rhodes (3rd Internat. 

 Cong, for Microbiology, Rept. of Proc, 

 1939, 167), Rustigian and Stuart (Jour. 

 Bact., 45, 1943, 198) and Thornton (Jour. 

 Bact., 48, 1944, 123) agree that Proteus 

 americanus is Proteus mirabilis. See 

 Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 434 for a descrip- 

 tion of this species. 



Proteus ammoniae Magath. (Magath, 

 Jour. Inf. Dis., 43, 1928, 181 ; Salmonella 

 ammoniae Hager and Magath, Jour. 

 Amer. Med. Assn., 85, 1925, 1352.) From 

 urine in cystitis. St. John-Brooks and 

 Rhodes (3rd Internat. Congr. for Micro- 

 biology, Rept. of Proc, 1939, 167), Levine 

 (Jour. Bact., 43, 1942, 33), Rustigian and 

 Stuart (Jour. Bact., 45, 1943, 198) and 

 Thornton (Jour. Bact., 48, 1944, 123) 

 agree that Proteus ammoniae is Proteus 

 mirabilis. See Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 



434 for a description of this species. See 

 Fulton, Jour. Bact., 51, 1946, 685 for the 

 view that Proteus ammoniae is a valid 

 species. 



Proteus hombycis Bergey et al. (A 

 Gram-negative bacillus, Glaser, Jour. 

 Bact., 9, 1924, 344; Bacterium bombyci- 

 vorum Lehmann and Neumann, Bakt. 

 Diag., 7 Aufl., 2, 1927, 445; Aerohacter 

 hombycis Bergey et al.. Manual, 3rd ed., 

 1930, 334; Bergey et al., Manual, 4th ed., 

 1934, 365.) From diseased silk worms 

 (Bombyx mori) . Proteus hombycis ap- 

 pears to be a strain of Paracolobaclrum 

 aerogenoides Borman et al. See Manual, 

 5th ed., 1939, 436 for a description of this 

 species. 



Proteus diffluens (Castellani) Castel- 

 lani and Chalmers. (Bacillus diffluens 

 Castellani, 1915; Castellani and Chal- 

 mers, Man. Trop. Med., 3rd ed., 1919, 

 943.) From gastroenteritis patients. 

 This may be a biochemical variant of 

 Proteus mirabilis. 



Proteus henricensis Shaw. (Sci., 65, 

 1927, 477.) From putrefying materials. 

 Said to be related to Proteus diffluens. 



Proteus infantum (Weldin and Levine) 

 Weldin. (Dean, Med. Jour. Australia, 

 1, 1920, 27; Bacterium, infantum Weldin 

 and Levine, Abst. Bact., 7, 1923, 13; 

 Weldin, Iowa State Coll. Jour. Sci., 1, 

 1926, 148.) From urine and feces of an 

 infant. 



Proteus inseclicolens Steinhaus. (Jour. 

 Bact., 42, 1941, 763.) From the stom- 

 ach of the milkweed bug (Oncopeltus 

 fasciatus). This appears to be a strain 

 of Paracolobactrum intermedium Borman 

 et al. 



Proteus melanovogenes Miles and Hal- 

 nan, (.lour. Hyg., 37, 1937, 79.) From 

 eggs showing black rot. This does not 

 appear to be a member of the genus 

 Proteus. 



Proteus metadiffluens (Castellani) Cas- 

 tellani and Chalmers. (Bacillus meta- 

 diffluens Castellani, 1915; Castellani and 

 Chalmers, Manual Trop. Med., 1919, 

 943.) From gastroenteritis patients. 



