Proteus (disambiguation)

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

Biology

• Proteus, a genus of trilobites
• Proteus, a cultivar of Clematis introduced in 1876
• Proteus anguinus, a species of small cave-dwelling amphibian, also known as the Olm
• Proteus (bacterium), a genus of Proteobacteria responsible for many human urinary tract infections
• Proteus syndrome, a very rare congenital disorder known mostly for its most famous sufferer Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man)
• Amoeba proteus, a species of Amoeba
• Proteus penneri, a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod shaped bacterium
• Proteus (2004 film), an animated documentary by David Lebrun

Physics

• Proteus (alchemy), the "first matter" (prima materia), usually the metal mercury
• Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
• Proteus (satellite), a French multimission satellite platform

Software

• Proteus (design software), a software for microprocessor simulation, schematic capture and PCB design developed by Labcenter Electronics
• Proteus (proteomics software), a software using Trans-Proteomic Pipeline technology
• Proteus Conversational Interface, a conversational interface system developed by Artificial Ingenuity, a research and development company in Arizona, USA
• Proteus (programming language), a fully functional, procedural programming language created in 1998 by Simone Zanella

In fiction

• Proteus (play), a satyr play by Aeschylus, part of the Oresteia
• Proteus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
• Proteus (2003 film), a film by Canadian director John Greyson
• Proteus (X-Men episode)
• Proteus, a DC Comics super-villain, enemy of the superhero the Creeper
• Proteus (submarine), the miniaturized submarine that is injected in a human being's bloodstream in the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage
• Dr. Paul Proteus, the main character in Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
• Proteus, a legendary narrow gauge steam engine with a big, flashing lamp in Thomas and Friends
• Proteus IV, a villainous supercomputer in the Dean Koontz novel Demon Seed
• Proteus, a character in the play The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
• Proteus, the Prime Minister in The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw
• Proteus, a derelict spacecraft infested with alien spiders in the 1998 film Lost in Space

Vehicles

• USS Proteus (AC-9), laid down on 31 October 1911, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and launched on 14 September 1912
• USS Proteus (AS-19), a U.S. Navy submarine tender
• Proteus (WAM-V) a prototype wave adaptive modular vessel
• A type of diver propulsion vehicle; there are at least two makes called Proteus:
  • Protei-5 Russian diver-rider
• Scaled Composites Proteus, an experimental aircraft
• Bristol Siddeley Proteus, a turboprop engine

Other

• Krewe of Proteus, the second oldest parade krewe at New Orleans Mardi Gras
• Proteans (body language), a class of subtle body language flirting signals
• Proteus (Steve Jackson game), a board game by Steve Jackson Games
• DJ Proteus (born 1977), Finnish hard dance DJ, voted Best Hard Dance DJ in the World years 2004 & 2005
• E-mu Proteus, a series of sample playback synthesizers
• Proteus effect, an effect that appears when the behavior of an individual conforms to their digital self-representation
• Proteus Airlines, a French regional airline with its head offices in Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or, France, near Dijon, and in Saint-Étienne
• Proteus, a Strategic Cruiser class ship from the MMORPG Eve Online
• Proteus, a French biotechnology company working on proteins

See also

• The plant genus Protea, with the form-multiplicity of its species, was named by Linnaeus after the Greek god Proteus, who could change his form at will