Proteus Richard III in the play "Henry VI, Part Three", in which the future usurper boasts: Shakespeare also names one of the main characters of his play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" Proteus. Inconsistent with his affections, his deceptions have unraveled at the finale of the play as he is brought face-to-face with his friend Valentine and original love Julia: In 1807, William Wordsworth finished his sonnet on the theme of a modernity deadened to Nature, which opens "The world is too much with us", with a sense of nostalgia for the lost richness of a world numinous with deities: In
Proteus (bacterium) designated as O forms (German "ohne Hauch", without film [i.e., without surface film of mist droplets]). The cell wall O-antigen of certain strains of Proteus, such as OX-2, OX-19, OX-k, crossreact with several species of Rickettsiae. These Proteus antigens can be used in laboratory to detect the presence of antibodies against certain Rickettsiae members in patient's serum. This test is called Weil-Felix reaction after its originators. Proteus (bacterium) Proteus is a genus of Gram-negative Proteobacteria. "Proteus" bacilli are widely distributed in nature as saprophytes, being found in decomposing animal matter, sewage, manure soil, the mammalian intestine, and human and animal