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 (microbiology), an enteric bacteria found in gut.
- Olm (Proteus anguinus), a genus of small cave-dwelling amphibian
- a genus of trilobites
- Proteus syndrome, a very rare congenital disorder known mostly for its most famous sufferer Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man)
- In fiction
- Proteus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
- Proteus (DC comics), a Steve Ditko creation
- Proteus (film), a film by Canadian director John Greyson
- Proteus, the miniaturized submarine that is injected in a human being's bloodstream in the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage
- Proteus IV, a villainous supercomputer in the Dean Koontz novel Demon Seed
- Proteus, a character in the play Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
- Proteus, the Prime Minister in The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw
- Other
- Proteus (alchemy), the "first matter" (prima materia), usually the metal mercury
- Proteus (bacterium), a genus of Proteobacteria responsible for many human urinary tract infections
- Proteus (instant messenger), client software for Mac OS X
- Proteus (design software), software for microprocessor simulation and schematic design developed by Labcenter Electronics
- Proteus (machine), a "sound and light machine" designed by Synthetic Systems
- Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
- Proteus, a cultivar of Clematis introduced in 1876
- E-MU Proteus, a popular rackmouunt ROMpler synthesizer
- USS Proteus (AS-19), a U.S. Navy submarine tender
- Scaled Composites Proteus, an experimental aircraft
- Proteans (body language), a class of subtle body language flirting signals
- A type of diver propulsion vehicle; there are at least two makes called Proteus
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